callous

英 [ˈkæləs]

美 [ˈkæləs]

adj.  冷酷无情的; 无同情心的; 冷漠的
vt.  （使）变硬; （使）起茧; （使）冷酷无情

现在分词：callousing　过去式：calloused　第三人称单数：callouses　过去分词：calloused　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 冷酷无情的；无同情心的；冷漠的
  not caring about other people's feelings or suffering
  1. a callous killer/attitude/act
     冷血杀手；漠不关心的态度；冷酷的行为
  2. a callous disregard for the feelings of others
     对他人感情的漠视

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无情的;冷漠的;狠心的
  Acallousperson or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
  1. ...his callous disregard for human life.
     他对人命的漠视

英英释义

verb

• make insensitive or callous
  Synonym:cauterizecauterise

adj

• emotionally hardened
  1. a callous indifference to suffering
  2. cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion
  Synonym:induratepachydermatous
• having calluses
  1. calloused skin
  2. with a workman's callous hands
  Synonym:callousedthickened

双语例句

• A callous disregard for human life and the environment.
  对人类生命和环境的麻木不仁。
• He was petulant, selfish, arrogant and occasionally callous.
  他任性、自私、傲慢、有时候还很冷酷。
• The colonists massacred thousands of natives with brutal and callous force.
  殖民者惨绝人寰地屠杀了成千的土著居民。
• I don't wish to sound callous, but I am glad I wasn't here
  我不想让自己的话听上去麻木不仁，但我真的很庆幸我当时没在这儿。
• The callous couple milked money from a hospital charity to fund a lavish lifestyle.
  为了过上奢靡的生活，这对冷漠无情的夫妇竟然贪污医院的慈善基金。
• You are being rather callous.
  你真狠心。
• Only a callous person can see suffering without trying to change it.
  只有麻木不仁的人能见苦难而不试著改变它。
• Now I see that you are callous and treacherous.
  现在我可看清了，你是个冷酷无情，居心叵测的家伙。
• Question: Why are we so callous to each other in spite of all the suffering it involves?
  问：为什么我们互相如此冷酷，即使导致了这些痛苦？
• Such an approach is not necessarily callous or insensitive.
  这样的做法未必就是冷酷无情或麻木不仁。