apathy

• n. 無関心、無関心、無感情

接頭辞a-、不在、なし。根源 path, 感じる、感情。

apathy (n.)

c. 1600, "freedom from suffering," from French apathie (16c.), from Latin apathia, from Greek apatheia "freedom from suffering, impassability, want of sensation," from apathes "without feeling, without suffering or having suffered," from a- "without" (see a- (3)) + pathos "emotion, feeling, suffering" (see pathos). Originally a positive quality; sense of "indolence of mind, indifference to what should excite" is from c. 1733.

1. Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy.

冷たさは、英国の地方民主制度が長い間普及しにくい禍根である。

2.There is widespread apathy among the electorate.

有権者の一般的な態度は冷淡だ。

3.We have been worried about her apathy since her husband died.

彼女の夫が死んだ後、私たちは彼女がすべてに無関心であることを心配していた。

4.He was sunk in apathy after his failure.

彼は失敗して心が冷たくなった。

5.He has an apathy to food.

彼は食事をしたくない。