callous

adjective
🔊/ˈkæləs/
🔊/ˈkæləs/
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  1. not caring about other people’s feelings, pain or problems 冷酷无情的;无同情心的;冷漠的synonym cruel, unfeeling
    • a callous killer/attitude/act冷血杀手;漠不关心的态度;冷酷的行为
    • a callous disregard for the feelings of others对他人感情的漠视
    Extra Examples
    • He was convicted of the particularly callous murder of two teenage boys.他因对两名十几岁男孩的残酷杀害而被定罪。
    • I still can't believe they were so callous.我仍然不敢相信他们是如此冷酷无情。
    • The troops showed a callous disregard for life and property.那支部队对生命和财产表现得麻木不仁。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCallous is used with these nouns:
    • disregard
    • indifference
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin callosus ‘hard-skinned’.