lukewarm的意思|lukewarm的解释-里氏词典

lukewarm ['lu:kwɒ:m]

a. 微温的, 不热的, 不热情的

[医] 微温的

lukewarm

[ adj ]

moderately warm

<adj.all>

he hates lukewarm coffee

tepid bath water

feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm

<adj.all>

a halfhearted effort

gave only lukewarm support to the candidate

Lukewarm \Luke"warm`\ (l[=u]k"w[add]rm`), a. [See {Luke}.]
1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid.

2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. `` Lukewarm
blood.'' --Spenser. `` Lukewarm patriots.'' --Addison.

An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it
merits not the name of passion. --Dryden.
-- {Luke"warm`ly}, adv. -- {Luke"warm`ness}, n.

Jordan's relations with its powerful northern neighbor are lukewarm, mainly because it opposes Syrian's military presence in Lebanon.
His reception at the parliament was also lukewarm, even though he went out of his way to praise Japan's "indomitable spirit of hard work, inexhaustible talents and traditional discipline."
Initially lukewarm to the idea of parental choice when it comes to their child's school, Cavazos has since enthusiastically embaced what has become the centerpiece of Bush's education initiative.
The first major revision of the nation's pesticide control law in a decade is headed for President Reagan's desk with praise from lawmakers and lukewarm support from environmentalists.
They were lukewarm about the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Kaifu, 58, gained support, though lukewarm, from enough party factions to make him the leading contender.
Mr Patten pointed out that the team includes Professor Michael Barber of Keele University, a former official of the National Union of Teachers. Teachers' unions gave the changes a lukewarm reception.
However, initial reaction to the economic reforms was lukewarm.
Domestic new-car sales dipped 2.2% in early March, as shoppers reacted in a lukewarm fashion to industrywide sales incentives.
Despite a lukewarm reception for a two-year sale the previous day, strong demand surfaced for yesterday afternoon sale. Afterwards, the long bond fell off its session highs amid some light profit-taking.
In the late 1980s, Japanese investors were lukewarm to electronics, preferring the wild gains from companies owning real estate.
In light of the lukewarm reception on the journey, Baker said Thursday night he was not on a decision-making trip.
But a direct licence gets a lukewarm reception in the UK.
Analysts anticipated IBM's product introductions, which was reflected in Wall Street's lukewarm response to the announcement.
The GOP delegates do not hide their preference for the incumbent president and a certain lukewarm feeling about the candidate Bush.
He's been aging along with the rest of us." Updike said he had lukewarm feelings about the adaptation of "Witches of Eastwick," a 1987 film starring Jack Nicholson, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon.
This small nation of 3 million is South America's most secularized society, with an agnostic president and only lukewarm interest in church affairs.
Reaction among London critics who saw the film at a press preview Thursday ranged from scathing criticism and charges it was theologically offensive and artistically incompetent to lukewarm praise.
The demonstrations, foreign analysts say, stemmed from the students' frustration over the lukewarm progress of political change, the party's tight control over their livelihood and their deteriorating living conditions.
Treasury Securities The Treasury's auction of two-year notes got a lukewarm response from investors yesterday, raising concerns that today's sale of five-year notes may also be a disappointment.
To the soldier in the Saudi desert, it's an easy way to turn lukewarm food in a plastic pouch into a hot meal - using cold water.
Bond prices drifted slightly lower yesterday as investors gave a lukewarm reception to the first of a three-part Treasury financing operation this week.
Besides helping biotechnology companies that are already publicly traded, the boom is enabling others to go public at a time that demand for initial public offerings generally is still lukewarm.
Medicus, "I finally have an acquired taste for lukewarm champagne."
'Their position is important and absolutely understandable,' the official said. Spain yesterday gave a lukewarm reception to Britain's proposals for solving the Danish problem.
Stir in the lukewarm water and add the white bread flour.
On the other hand, the administration's support for the U.N. has been lukewarm.
Despite a lukewarm reception from enthusiasts, Apple is billing the machine as a "no compromise Mac," citing a new type of display screen and a novel cursor mechanism, among other things.
It's very important to be on the same wave length on a picture like this." "Dead Heat" has had a lukewarm reception from both critics and audiences, and it appears that Piscopo hasn't quite found himself in films.
"The index will be a lukewarm number," said Stuart G. Hoffman, chief economist at Pittsburgh National Bank.

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