tepidly(副词):微温地;不冷不热地;也可引申为不热情地、反应平淡地。
/ˈtɛpɪdli/
She smiled tepidly and changed the subject.
她不冷不热地笑了笑,然后换了个话题。
The proposal was tepidly received by the committee, despite months of preparation.
尽管准备了好几个月,这项提案仍只得到了委员会不温不火的回应。
tepidly 来自形容词 tepid(微温的、不热情的)+ 副词后缀 -ly。tepid 源于拉丁语 tepidus,意为“温热的、微温的”,后来常被用于比喻态度或反应“缺乏热度”。