offhand

[US]/ˌɒfˈhænd/
[UK]/ˌɔːfˈhænd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 漫不经心的;不在乎的
adv. 未经核实地;不假思索地;即席地

Phrases & Collocations

offhand remark

未经准备的言论

offhand comment

即兴评论

offhand response

即兴回应

speak offhand

即兴发言

Example Sentences

be offhand with sb.

对人简慢, 无礼

you were a bit offhand with her this afternoon.

今天下午你对她有点爱理不理。

I can't tell offhand how much it will cost.

我不能立刻告诉你它值多少钱。

He answered in such an offhand manner that I wondered if he’d misheard me.

他如此满不在乎的回答教我怀疑他是不是听错了我的话。

an offhand remark. What isunrehearsed is said or done without rehearsal or practice though not necessarily without forethought:

随意的评论。 所谓unrehearsed ,就是未经复述或练习就说或做的, 虽然没有不构思的必要:

Trust is as difficult a coin to earn and it is easily lost - the trust built over a decade can be shattered in an instant by one offhanded remark or deed.

信任就像一个钱币很难争取到,也很容易失去-超过十年所建立的信任,能在短短一刹那,被一件小事或粗心的言语所破灭。

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