listlessness

IPA/ˈlɪstləsnəs/
IPA/ˈlɪstləsnəs/

listlessness — 名詞

1. a tired, flat mood in which you feel too weak or bored to move, work, or care ab

1.名詞C1
釋義

無精打采

提不起勁、什麼都不想做的疲乏狀態

a tired, flat mood in which you feel too weak or bored to move, work, or care about anything around you

例句

A week of grey rain left Hugo with a heavy listlessness all day.

一週的陰雨讓 Hugo 整天陷入一種沉重的無精打采。

abstract noun naming a low-energy mood state

The summer heat brought a deep listlessness to the whole office by mid-afternoon.

夏天的高溫讓整間辦公室到下午就一片無精打采。

collocation: deep / heavy listlessness

常見搭配
  • deep listlessness
  • feel listlessness
  • a sense of listlessness
  • overcome with listlessness
同義詞
  • lethargy

    stronger, more physical; the body feels slow and heavy

  • apathy

    stresses not caring rather than having no energy

  • torpor

    formal; near-total stillness, often after a big meal or illness

反義詞
  • energy

    the everyday opposite — being ready and able to act

  • enthusiasm

    opposite on the 'caring / interest' side

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and used with 'a' only when modified (a deep listlessness). Subject experiencing it is usually a person, but a place or group can show it too.

常見錯誤

He had many listlessnesses after the trip.
He felt deep listlessness after the trip.
it is uncountable, so no plural and no number.
She did her homework with listlessness about the maths.
She felt listlessness about everything that week.
it names a whole low-energy mood, not interest in one task.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • a sense of listlessness
  • be overcome with listlessness
  • deep listlessness
  • feelings of listlessness