🇬🇧🇨🇳 apathy - 冷漠 : English Lesson

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

Apathy means you just don’t care at all about something—no interest, no excitement, almost like your feelings took a nap and forgot to wake up.

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

Grandpa asked if we wanted to watch a three-hour documentary on grass growing, and our apathy could be seen from space.

I announced I was starting a club about cleaning our rooms, and the apathy from my friends nearly melted the posters off the wall.

My little brother showed total apathy during my puppet show until a puppet accidentally flew off and bonked him on the nose.

The dragon felt apathy about guarding gold but got very emotional if anyone touched his snacks.

The hamster’s apathy toward his new toy was clear—he turned around, sat on it, and went to sleep.

On the wet street a child dropped a kite and cried. People passed in apathy, heads down; apathy sat on every bench and hung on their shoulders. A dog nudged the kite despite the apathy. A woman, tired and quiet, felt a small twitch against apathy, stopped, picked up the kite, and handed it back. The child laughed; apathy shrank.

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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