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casual

英 ['kæʒjʊəl; -zj-] 美['kæʒʊəl]
  • adj. 随便的;非正式的;临时的;偶然的
  • n. 便装;临时工人;待命士兵

英英释意


1. marked by blithe unconcern;
"an ability to interest casual students"
"showed a casual disregard for cold weather"
"an utterly insouciant financial policy"
"an elegantly insouciant manner"
"drove his car with nonchalant abandon"
"was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
2. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand;
"a casual remark"
"information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
3. suited for everyday use;
"casual clothes"
"everyday clothes"
4. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance;
"their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"
"seek help from casual passers-by"
"a casual meeting"
"a chance occurrence"
5. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough;
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"
"a passing glance"
"perfunctory courtesy"
6. employed in a specified capacity from time to time;
"casual employment"
"a casual correspondence with a former teacher"
"an occasional worker"
7. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility;
"a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
8. natural and unstudied;
"using their Christian names in a casual way"
"lectured in a free-and-easy style"
9. not showing effort or strain;
"a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"
"careless grace"