Phlegmatic
[ flɛɡ'mætɪk ]
出国 Abroad
adj. 冷静的;镇定的;迟钝的;冷漠的;
💡 词根助记
phlegm冷淡，痰+atic...的→冷静的，冷漠的 ，古人认为痰多者冷漠
📝 例句
He is too still, unmoved, phlegmatic to be happy.
他太安静、太冷淡，太不动感情，因而郁郁不欢。
The mathematician, Yurchenko, was a stubby, phlegmatic, shrewd person.
数学教师尤尔钦科是个矮胖的，冷漠而机灵的人。
The British character is often said to be phlegmatic.
英国人的性格常说成是冷漠的.
Commuting in the rush-hour requires a phlegmatic temperament.
在上下班交通高峰期间乘坐通勤车要有安之若素的心境.
Your mood should be bland and phlegmatic
你的心情要舒畅而镇静。
🌱 联想助记
【记】ph-谐音“腐”,leg-腿,mat-席子,ic-形缀:腐烂的腿在席子上流脓→含痰的(西方人认为痰多的人不易动感情:冷淡的)
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
phlegmatic
adj
calm and even-tempered; showing the quality of phlegm(2) 冷静而温和的; 迟钝的; 冷漠的
Commuting in the rush-hour requires a phlegmatic temperament. 在上下班交通高峰期间乘坐通勤车要有安之若素的心境.
🔁 扩展释义
a. 粘液质的, (正式)平静的, 不动情的, 不动感情的, 冷漠的, 冷淡的, 迟钝的【医】 粘液质的, 迟钝的
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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That would be find.
那好。
Where is the boarding gate for this flight?
这班飞机的登机门在哪儿？
Twenty or thirty pages of information handed to any of the major world powers around the year 1925 would have been sufficient to change the course of world history.
如果把二三十页的情报交给1952年前后的任何一个世界强国，就足以改变世界历史的进程。