casual

英 ['kæʒjʊəl; -zj-] 美['kæʒʊəl]

• adj. 随便的；非正式的；临时的；偶然的
• n. 便装；临时工人；待命士兵

1. marked by blithe unconcern;

"an ability to interest casual students"

"showed a casual disregard for cold weather"

"an utterly insouciant financial policy"

"an elegantly insouciant manner"

"drove his car with nonchalant abandon"

"was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"

2. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand;

"a casual remark"

"information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"

3. suited for everyday use;

"casual clothes"

"everyday clothes"

4. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance;

"their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"

"seek help from casual passers-by"

"a casual meeting"

"a chance occurrence"

5. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough;

"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"

"a passing glance"

"perfunctory courtesy"

6. employed in a specified capacity from time to time;

"casual employment"

"a casual correspondence with a former teacher"

"an occasional worker"

7. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility;

"a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

8. natural and unstudied;

"using their Christian names in a casual way"

"lectured in a free-and-easy style"

9. not showing effort or strain;

"a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"

"careless grace"