介绍:
Laissez-faire
Carly's partying lifestyle was due to her parents taking a laissez faire approach to parenting
Jordan's teacher was very laissez faire. He showed up late for class, always made excuses to leave class and dismissed his class early.
The Hong Kong government is known for its laissez faire attitude in business with low taxes and low tariffs
Definition: the practice of noninterference in the affairs of others, especially with reference to freedom of action.
Etymology: economic system in which transactions between private parties are free from intrusive government restrictions, tariffs, and subsidies, with only enough regulations to protect property rights. The phrase laissez-faire is French "let it be"
Passive aggressive:
Alvin was being passive-aggressive and placed a note asking his roommates to keep quiet at night instead of telling them directly
Antoinette acted passive-aggressively by cooking slowly and carelessly for her mother-in-law
Quinn acted passive-aggressively by making stupid suggestions for a party that her rival was planning
Definition: indirect expression of hostility, such as through procrastination, sarcasm, stubbornness, sullenness, or deliberate failure to do tasks.
Etymology: Passive-aggressive behavior was first defined clinically by Colonel William Menninger during World War II in the context of men's reaction to military compliance. Menninger described soldiers who were not openly defiant but expressed their aggressiveness "by passive measures, such as pouting, stubbornness, procrastination, inefficiency, and passive obstructionism" due to what Menninger saw as an "immaturity" and a reaction to "routine military stress"
Has been:
Victor was happy the popular singer was having a concert in Hong Kong, since traditionally only has-beens ever visited.
Lawrence did not know why the singer charged so much at concerts since she was a has been.
Calling that singer a has-been will strike a raw nerve.
Definition: A person, especially one formerly popular or influential, who continues in their field after their popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline.
Etymology: literal
