not caring about other people’s feelings, pain or problems synonym cruel, unfeeling冷酷無情的;無同情心的;冷漠的 a callous killer/attitude/act 冷血殺手;漠不關心的態度;冷酷的行爲 a callous disregard for the feelings of others 對他人感情的漠視
Extra ExamplesHe was convicted of the particularly callous murder of two teenage boys. 他被判犯有特别殘忍的謀殺兩個十幾歲男孩的罪行。 I still can't believe they were so callous. 我仍然無法相信他們如此冷酷無情。 The troops showed a callous disregard for life and property. 那支部隊對生命和財産表現得麻木不仁。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCallous is used with these nouns:- disregard
- indifference
Word Originlate Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin callosus ‘hard-skinned’.