devil-may-care a. 不顾一切的, 无忧无虑的, 漫不经心的
- Johnson has a devil-may-care feeling about his school work.
约翰逊对他在学校的工作漫不经心。 - His devil-may-care sense of humor made him a famous comedian.
他那漫不经心的幽默感,使他成为一著名的喜剧演员。 - Alfred was a devil-may-care youth but became more serious as he grew older.
艾尔弗雷德本是一个对什么都满不在乎的青年,但长在以后;他却变得认真起来。
devil-may-care[ adj ]- cheerfully irresponsible
<adj.all>
carefree with his money
freewheeling urban youths
had a harum-scarum youth
- marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness
<adj.all>
a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors
devil-may-care \devil-may-care\ adj.
1. cheerfully irresponsible.
Syn: carefree, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. marked by a carefree unconventionality or
disreputableness.
Syn: raffish, rakish.
[WordNet 1.5]
- But the fine actor Gary Oldman, who was so memorable as Sid Vicious in "Sid and Nancy," hints early on that something's cooking beneath Orton's devil-may-care facade.