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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Collins.1 / BNC.14171 / COCA.16457

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

• Are you really as shallow and callous as you seem?
  你真的像你看上去那样浅薄无情吗？
• He is callous about the safety of his workers.
  他对他工人的安全毫不关心。
• One might be outraged by his callous selfishness.
  他的冷酷，自私能叫人气得火冒三丈。
• 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。
• A callous disregard for human life and the environment.
  对人类生命和环境的麻木不仁。
• 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。
• To make or become callous.
  变硬使变硬或变硬结茧。
• I thought they were callous vampires until I either made them smile or received the offers.
  我认为他们就是无情的吸血鬼，除非我能让他们发笑，或者获得他们的工作邀请。
• That is callous nonsense.
  这是冷酷无情的胡说八道。
• In his whole miserable, messed-up life he'd never considered anything so callous as kidnaping.
  在他悲惨、混乱的一生中，他从未想到过像绑架这样冷酷无情的事。