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borrowed from Medieval Latin acēdia "apathy, torpor, sloth," borrowed from Late Greek akēdía "negligence, apathy," going back to Greek akḗdeia "carelessness, indifference," noun derivative of akēdḗs "uncared for, without care or worry, careless, heedless," from a- a- >entry 2 + -kēdēs, adjective derivative of kêdos "care, anxiety, grief" — more at hate >entry 1
The first known use of acedia was in 1607
1 Some think that acedia faded with medieval Christian monastic life and was replaced with more recognisable terms such as boredom.
2 Shell company salesman arrives destination, acedia.
甲公司推销员一到目的地, 就绝望了.
3 She often says to us, " You acedia. "
她时常对我们说: “ 你们越用功越好 ”.
4 The literal meaning of acedia, derived from Greek, is something like "not caring," which explains why "boring" is subjective.
5 At the time, he named the sin of sloth “acedia,” meaning “lack of care” in Greek.
6 Can when are you acedia you choose to commIt'suicide?
当你绝望的时候你会选择自杀 吗 ?
7 Is already acedia heart OK again firm?
已经绝望的心是否可以再坚强?
8 There’s a strong case that when we are struck with acedia or simply mid-afternoon sleepiness, we should just give in, pack up, go home and start again fresh tomorrow.
9 Acedia firm. How good with respect to the mood!
绝望的狠. 怎样就心情好了!
10 What in Petrarch was a tendency, became an established condition in Rousseau: the acedia reached its climax.
11 We must distinguish 'godly sorrow' from the peevish discontent and slothfulness which St. Paul calls the sorrow of the world, and which in medieval casuistry is named acedia.
12 I discovered acedia spread from the Desert Fathers into the monasteries of medieval Europe, where it was seen as a sin that monks needed to overcome.
13 For instance, Aldous Huxley argued that acedia had only intensified with the onset of modern life.
14 Perhaps the best term for Fran’s persistent mood is acedia, that feeling of not caring much about anything, especially one’s position in the world.
15 You must be honest with yourself , because self - deception is one of the commonest roads to Acedia.
在这个问题上,你必须保持诚实, 因为自欺也通向“怠惰”最常见的道路.
16 His cycles of anxiety and acedia grew so acute that suicide seemed the only escape.
17 I think acedia is still with us, but it emerged at this time when the culture needed a term to describe a specific experience.
18 In the early medieval era, Christian monks were very concerned about acedia.
19 A melancholy leading to desperation, and known to theologians under the name of “acedia,” was not uncommon in monasteries, and most of the recorded instances of mediæval suicides in Catholicism were by monks.
20 He knew that he had that sentimental disorder which he called 'acedia,' and wished to be rid of it.
2 不关心
regardless disinterested unconcerned nonchalant insensible incurious pococurantism indifference disinterest nonchalance unconcern incuriosity uninterested inconsiderate neglectful carelessness aloofness
3 懒惰
lazy idle slack sluggish recumbent supine indolent slothful shiftless otiose donothing idly laziness sloth idleness indolence inactive do-nothing sluggard slugabed faineant lazily supinely slouchingly inertia inactivity inaction slovenry
4 漠然