Apathy is the feeling of not caring — little or no interest, and no will to change or improve things. We talk about voter apathy, student apathy, public apathy when a lot of people have switched off.

Apathy Apathy（冷漠） is the feeling of not caring是一種不在乎的感覺—— little or no interest幾乎沒有興趣， and no will to change or improve things也沒有想改變或讓事情變好的意願。 We talk about voter apathy, student apathy, public apathy我們會講voter apathy（選民冷漠）、student apathy（學生冷漠）、public apathy（大眾冷漠） when a lot of people have switched off用來指很多人變得都不關心了的時候。

It is a noun for the empty space where feeling should be, and it is a little formal; in daily talk we say they just don’t care.

It is a noun for the empty space where feeling should be這是個名詞，指的是本來該有感覺卻空掉的地方， and it is a little formal而且有點正式； in daily talk we say日常講話會直接說 they just don't care「they just don't care」（他們就是不在乎）。

Though actually, teachers and news writers sometimes use it as a soft blame-word: if people stay home from a vote, the story may say apathy, when the real mix might be tiredness, distrust, or not knowing what to do.

Though actually不過實際上， teachers and news writers sometimes use it as a soft blame-word老師和新聞寫手有時候會拿它當一種委婉的責怪： if people stay home from a vote, the story may say apathy如果有人選舉時沒去投票，報導可能就說是apathy（冷漠）， when the real mix might be tiredness, distrust, or not knowing what to do但實際原因可能是累了、不信任，或不知道該怎麼做。

The tidy dictionary picture is “no emotion”; real use often means “no action.” The old Greek idea was even different again: not being pushed around by passion, which some philosophers treated as a kind of calm — not the everyday “I can’t be bothered.”

The tidy dictionary picture is字典上乾淨的說法是 "no emotion"「no emotion」（沒有情緒）； real use often means實際使用常常指的是 "no action"「no action」（沒有行動）。 The old Greek idea was even different again古希臘的原意又更不一樣： not being pushed around by passion指的是不被情慾牽著走， which some philosophers treated as a kind of calm有些哲學家把這當成一種平靜—— not the everyday不是日常說的 "I can't be bothered"「I can't be bothered」（懶得理）。