phlegmatic
phlegmatic 英 [flegˈmætɪk] 美 [flɛɡˈmætɪk]
adj. 冷淡的；迟钝的；冷漠的
- Yes, phlegmatic has roots in that colorless, mucousy stuff called phlegm, but people who are phlegmatic aren't called that because they have lots of mucus. They are just a little dull in expressing feelings or showing emotion.
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- adj. 冷淡的；迟钝的；冷漠的
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1. The British charachter is often said to be phlegmatic. ;
英国人的性格常被说成 是冷漠的.
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2. Fast forward to the Huijin announcement this week, and the phlegmatic reaction of Chinese investors makes more sense.
而汇金本周宣布干预消息后，中国投资者的冷淡反应更为合理。
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3. He introduced our driver, Petr Pícha, a phlegmatic former trucker and hockey player from the Czech Republic, who waved wearily to us from the well of the driver’s seat.
他向我们介绍了表情冷漠的巴士司机彼得 皮查，他来自捷克，是一位前卡车司机和曲棍球员，彼得在他的司机座上向我们不耐烦地挥了挥手。
- phlegmatic (adj.) "cool, calm, self-possessed," and in a more pejorative sense, "cold, dull, apathetic," 1570s, from literal sense "abounding in phlegm (as a bodily humor)" (mid-14c., fleumatik), from Old French fleumatique (13c., Modern French flegmatique), from Late Latin phlegmaticus, from Greek phlegmatikos "abounding in phlegm" (see phlegm).
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