casual
英 ['k??j??l; -zj-]
美['k????l]
- 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"