pococurante
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /ˌpəʊ.kəʊ.kjʊəˈɹæn.ti/
美 /ˌpoʊ.koʊ.kjuːˈɹɑːn.ti/
英文释义
名词 n.
- An apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant person.
形容词 adj.
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Apathetic, indifferent or nonchalant.
— The Treasury was entrusted to the pococurante capacity of Grafton, the Exchequer to the erratic genius of Charles Townshend.
词源
词源 1
Borrowed from French pococurante, itself - from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire based on Italian poco (“little”) + curante (“caring”).
词源 2
Borrowed from French pococurante, itself - from Pococurante, a nonchalant Venetian senator in Candide, coined by Voltaire based on Italian poco (“little”) + curante (“caring”).
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