🇬🇧🇨🇳 apathetic - 冷漠的 : English Lesson

Meaning of "apathetic" ("冷漠的"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Apathetic means you don’t really care and don’t feel like doing anything, even when something might be important or exciting to other people. An apathetic person doesn’t show much emotion, doesn’t get interested, and usually doesn’t take action—they just shrug and say, “Whatever,” about almost everything.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The apathetic squirrel didn’t bother storing nuts for winter; it figured it could just borrow snacks from the neighbor’s bird feeder later.

The apathetic robot was supposed to clean the house, but it just rolled into a corner and said, “Low interest, low battery.”

Even the alarm clock gave up on my apathetic sister and started ringing for itself just to feel useful.

The superhero asked, “Do you need saving?” but the apathetic citizen just shrugged and said, “Only from boredom.”

The word “apathetic” comes from Greek roots meaning “without feeling,” which explains why an apathetic person can watch a flying potato circus and only say, “Interesting… I guess.”

Rain fell. An old dog lay by the fence, apathetic to cold, apathetic to puddles, apathetic to children’s shouts, apathetic to the bone at its nose. A girl knelt, whispering. The dog opened one eye, still apathetic, then licked her hand. She smiled, surprised; she wrapped it in her scarf and walked home.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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