phlegmatic

• adj. 冷淡的；迟钝的；冷漠的

来自phlegm,冷淡，迟钝，冷静，镇定。

1. showing little emotion;

"a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative man"

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).

A verry flewmatike man is in the body lustles, heuy and slow. [John of Trevisa, translation of Bartholomew de Glanville's "De proprietatibus rerum," 1398]

a phlegmatic temperament

平和的性情

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...a most phlegmatic man, steadily working on as the rain splashed down.

大雨倾盆而下时仍能沉稳工作的非常冷静的人

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Every morning at 4:30, the temple's sound system starts up thethe phlegmatic, the temple's master monk.

每天清晨四点半, 寺庙的音响系统就开始工作了,期间还夹杂着寺内高僧平直的诵经声.

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Or consider the phlegmatic, a person who is indifferent to interactions with the child.

或者来看看粘液质, 这样的一个人并不关心与孩子的互动.

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A tear moistened the eye of the phlegmatic Englishman.

那英国人虽然平时极不易动感情,这时却也两眼湿润了.

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He is too still, unmoved, phlegmatic to be happy.

他太安静 、 太冷淡,太不动感情, 因而郁郁不欢.

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In Pudong, the skyscraper district of Shanghai, office workers are calm phlegmatic.

在上海高楼林立的浦东区, 上班族们镇定自如.

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The mathematician , Yurchenko , was a stubby , phlegmatic , shrewd person.

数学教师 尤尔钦科 是个矮胖的, 冷漠而机灵的人.

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A phlegmatic mind in an emergency is more important.

在紧急情况下有颗冷静的头脑是至关重要的.

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The British character is often said to be phlegmatic.

英国人的性格常说成是冷漠的.

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Calm and phlegmatic, with a clear eye , Mr.

一双慧眼透着沉着与冷静.

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The nurse was a kind but phlegmatic person.

这位护士心地善良,但却是个不易动感情的人.

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