offhand

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

Translation

adj. 漫不經心的;不在乎的
adv. 未經覈實地;不假思索地;即席地

Phrases & Collocations

offhand remark

未經準備的言論

offhand comment

即興評論

offhand response

即興回應

speak offhand

即興發言

Example Sentences

be offhand with sb.

對人簡慢, 無禮

you were a bit offhand with her this afternoon.

今天下午你對她有點愛理不理。

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

我不能立刻告訴你它值多少錢。

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

他如此滿不在乎的回答教我懷疑他是不是聽錯了我的話。

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

隨意的評論。 所謂unrehearsed ,就是未經複述或練習就說或做的, 雖然沒有不構思的必要:

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.

信任就像一個錢幣很難爭取到,也很容易失去-超過十年所建立的信任,能在短短一剎那,被一件小事或粗心的言語所破滅。

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