offhand

英 [ˌɒfˈhænd]

美 [ˌɔːfˈhænd]

adj.  漫不经心的; 不在乎的
adv.  未经核实地; 不假思索地; 即席地

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BNC.25279 / COCA.21944

牛津词典

adj.

• 漫不经心的；不在乎的
  not showing much interest in sb/sth
  1. an offhand manner
     随随便便的态度
  2. He was very offhand with me.
     他完全是在敷衍我。

adv.

• 未经核实地；不假思索地；即席地
  without being able to check sth or think about it
  1. I don't know offhand how much we made last year.
     我一时还真说不清我们去年赚了多少钱。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不友好的；不礼貌的；漫不经心的
  If you say that someone is beingoffhand, you are critical of them for being unfriendly or impolite, and not showing any interest in what other people are doing or saying.
  1. He lapsed into long silences or became offensively off-hand...
     他要么陷入长时间的沉默，要么变得简慢无礼。
  2. Consumers found the attitude of its staff offhand and generally offensive to the paying customer.
     消费者认为其职员的态度漫不经心，对付款的顾客通常表现得令人反感。
• ADV 未经核实地；不加思索地；立刻；即席地
  If you say somethingoffhand, you say it without checking the details or facts of it.
  1. 'Have you done the repairs?' — 'Can't say off-hand, but I doubt it.'...
     “你们修理了吗？”——“一时说不清楚，但是我想还没有。”
  2. 'Were they at home or away, do you know offhand?'
     “他们在家还是出去了，你能现在告诉我吗？”

英英释义

adj

• casually thoughtless or inconsiderate
  1. an offhand manner
  2. she treated most men with offhand contempt
  Synonym:offhanded
• with little or no preparation or forethought
  1. his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
  2. an extemporaneous piano recital
  3. an extemporary lecture
  4. an extempore skit
  5. an impromptu speech
  6. offhand excuses
  7. trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
  8. an off-the-cuff toast
  9. a few unrehearsed comments
  Synonym:ad-libextemporaneousextemporaryextemporeimpromptuoffhandedoff-the-cuffunrehearsed

adv

• in a casually inconsiderate manner
  1. replied offhand, his mind a million miles away
  2. she threw him over offhandedly without even a Dear-John letter
  Synonym:offhandedoffhandedly
• without previous thought or preparation
  1. couldn't give the figures offhand
  2. we decided offhand to go to Canada
  3. she had made these remarks offhandedly
  Synonym:offhandedoffhandedly

双语例句

• His offhand manner put my back up.
  他那随随便便的样子我看着很生气。
• After you have done this, by the way, you may observe to Bob in an offhand way how incredible it is that BlackBerrys work in the mountains of Wyoming.
  顺便提一句，当你做完这些，你可以随机地对老板说，黑莓在怀俄明的群山中还能工作，真是太棒了。
• I'll have to take time and think. I can't decide this offhand.
  我要抽时间想想，我不能立刻决定此事。
• Offhand I know no lines, in any poem, as beautiful and as powerful.
  我一下子想不出哪一首诗的诗句是如此的美丽而有力。
• An offhand manner; she treated most men with offhand contempt.
  草率的举止；她对所有的男人都抱着草率的轻视。
• You seem to be rather offhand today.
  你今天有点心散。
• He was hurt, genuinely pained to be dismissed in such an offhand way by someone he respected as a competitor.
  他觉得受到了伤害，为被他尊为对手的人以这种唐突的方式奚落他而感到痛苦。
• I just can't think of anyone offhand, but there should be somebody we'd like to promote.
  我无法马上想出谁来，不过，应该有人可以提拔。
• He was very offhand with me.
  他完全是在敷衍我。
• "Offhand, I would say that there were one hundred people present at the dinner party."
  “让我随口说说，我想有一百人出席了宴会。”