casual

英 ['kæʒuəl] 美 ['kæʒuəl]

• adj. 非正式的；漫不经心的；偶然的；临时的；休闲的
• n. 便装；临时工

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. [A]漠不关心的,冷淡的

   done without much care

2. 随便的,非正式的

   made without much thought; offhand

3. [A]偶然的,碰巧的

   happening by chance

4. [A]临时的,不定期的

   not permanent; irregular

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 偶然的
2. 漫不经心的
3. 碰巧的，不经意的
4. 非正式的
5. 随便的，不拘礼节的，随随便便的
6. 临时的，不定期的
7. 无忧无虑的，若无其事的
8. 不在乎的
9. 马虎的，疏忽的
10. 感情不深的， 疏远的
11. 即席的
12. 荒唐的
13. 无心的

n. 名词

1. 便鞋
2. 便装，便服
3. 临时工
4. 零工，散工
5. 游民
6. 不定期接受救济金的人
7. 衣着随便而花哨的年轻人
8. 【军】暂编人员
9. 偶然来访者
10. 仅临时或暂时做某事的人
11. 待命士兵，待运士兵

英英释义

Adjective:

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. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions;

   "casual clothes"
   "everyday clothes"
   

4. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance;

   "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. occurring 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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He was wearing casual clothes.
   他穿着便服。
2. The plan grew out of a casual conversation.
   这个计划出自于一次非正式的谈话。
3. He sidled past, trying to seem casual.
   他悄悄地溜了过去,竭力装作漫不经心的样子。
4. She is casual about winning the prize.
   她对获奖漫不经心。
5. A casual newspaper reader wouldn't like articles on politics everyday.
   不经心的报纸读者不会喜欢每天都有政论文章。
6. He described himself as a casual acquaintance of the Kennedys'.
   他称自己是肯尼迪夫妇的泛泛之交。
7. He took casual job to support the family.
   他做些临时性的工作来养家。
8. They earn their livings by casual labour.
   他们靠做短工为生。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. The guests wore casual clothes.
   客人们穿着便服。
2. She's a very casual person.
   她是一个很随便的人。
3. The two old friends had a casual meeting.
   这两位老朋友不期而遇。
4. He earns a living by casual labor.
   他靠做临时工为生。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. His attitude to work is rather casual.
   他工作态度相当马虎。

用作宾语补足语

S+V+O+～

1. This sense of an audience made him deliberately casual in his bearing.
   意识到听众在场,他故意摆出一副漫不经心的态度。

经典引文

• That which seemeth most casual and subject to fortune, is yet disposed by the ordinance of God.

  出自： W. Raleigh

• Where casual fire had wasted woods.

  出自： Milton

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• casual expenses 临时费用
• casual house 救济院
• casual labor 临时工
• casual visitor 不速之客

～+介词

• casual about 对…冷漠的

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

casual, accidental, adventitious, contingent, fortuitous, incidental

• 这些词均有“偶然的,意外的”之意,其区别是：
• accidental强调超出一般规律和常情; fortuitous 强调原因不明; casual 强调无意或无预谋,指人、行动、衣着时,常侧重随随便便或漠不关心; incidental 可指无计划的或不规则的。仅仅表示偶然发生的或非主要的、非真实的; adventitious 可与incidental 换用,但较为正式,侧重两者缺乏至关重要的联系,强调意外的收获或巧遇; 而contingent 强调事情发生的可能性和结果的不可预测性。

irregular，casual，informal

• 这些形容词均有“非正式的、非正规的”之意。
• irregular指不按常规、固定模式或计划做事；或指不隶属于任何机构或组织。
• casual指不太注意场合，仪表等，随意性强。
• informal指语言、穿着等随便，也指不举行任何形式或仪式的活动。

random，casual

• 这两个形容词均含“随便的，任意的”之意。
• random指无明确的方向或目的、方法与系统，暗示没有指挥或控制。
• casual指非正式的，轻松随便的，强调随和性。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的casuel；最初源自拉丁语的casualis，意为偶然。

近反义词

【近义词】

• accidental
• unexpected

【反义词】

• calculated
• intentional