phlegmatic

adj. 冷淡的；迟钝的；冷漠的

中文词源

phlegmatic 冷淡的，迟钝的，冷静的，镇定的

来自phlegm,冷淡，迟钝，冷静，镇定。

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]

1、flame => flam- => flem- => flegm- => phlegm- + -atic => phlegmatic.2、该词字面含义是：受温度、热度影响的一种体液，而中世纪医学认为，那种温度、热度很低的体液会导致冷漠、冷淡；因此该词引申为：冷漠、冷淡。

1. 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.

2. 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.

4. Commuting in the rush - hour requires a phlegmatic temperament.: 在上下班交通高峰期间乘坐通勤车要有安之若素的心境.

5. 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.