apathy  

 【考法1】n.  冷漠，缺乏情感：lack of feeling or emotion

 【例】People have shown surprising apathy toward these important social problems. 人們對於這些重要的社會

問題顯示出了令人驚訝的冷漠。

 【近】affectlessness, emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, numbness, phlegm

 【反】emotion, feeling, sensibility 有感情

 【考法2】n.  缺乏興趣，不關心：lack of interest or concern

 【例】She heard the story with apathy. 她毫無興趣的聽完了這個故事。

 【例】Her poor grades are proof enough of her apathy concerning all matters academic.  她可憐的分數足以證明

他對所有學術問題都沒興趣。

 【近】disinterestedness, disregard, incuriosity, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

 【反】concern, interest, regard  關心，有興趣，在意

aphorism  

 【考法1】n.  短小有智慧的格言：a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment

 【例】When decorating, remember the familiar aphorism, “less is more.”  裝修時需要記住的一句格言是“少即是

多”。

 【近】adage, epigram, maxim, proverb                                    

apocalyptic 

 【考法1】adj.  預言的，啟示的：of a revelatory or prophetic nature

 【例】No one listened to her apocalyptic predictions. 沒有人聽她的預言。

 【近】prophetic, predictive, prognostic, farsighted

 【考法2】adj.  重要的，轉捩點的of, relating to, or being a major turning point

 【例】the apocalyptic Battle of Stalingrad leading to the ultimate defeat of Nazi Germany  具有轉捩點意義的斯大

林格勒戰役導致了最後納粹德國的戰敗

 【反】trivial, petty, minor, immaterial, inconsequential, insignificant 不重要的

 【考法3】adj.  誇大的wildly unrestrained : grandiose

 【例】apocalyptic tone   誇大的語氣