halfheartedness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The characteristic of being halfhearted. uncountable
    — But the halfheartedness of his acquiescence is instructive. This is the closest he has ever come to a betrayal — waffling on a cherished myth — despite repeatedly failing to deliver on so much of his supposedly radical political program.

词形变化

half-heartedness alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English halfhearted
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English halfheartedness
From halfhearted + -ness.
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