casual
['kæʒʊəl]
a. 偶, 意, 便装

n. 临, 待命士兵

[医] 意, 偶, 急救院者

[] 偶, 碰巧, 临

1. She is casual about winning the prize.
   她获奖漫。
2. John is a casual; he can't find a proper job anywhere.
   翰临，正。
3. A casual newspaper reader wouldn't like articles on politics everyday.
   纸读者喜欢每都政论文章。

casual
[ adj ]

1. marked by blithe unconcern

<adj.all>
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

<adj.all>
a casual remark
information collected by casual methods and in their spare time

3. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

<adj.all>
casual clothes
everyday clothes

4. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

<adj.all>
seek help from casual passers-by
a casual meeting
a chance occurrence

5. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

<adj.all>
a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws
a passing glance
perfunctory courtesy

6. occurring from time to time

<adj.all>
casual employment
a casual correspondence with a former teacher
an occasional worker

7. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

<adj.all>
a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter

8. natural and unstudied

<adj.all>
using their Christian names in a casual way
lectured in a free-and-easy style

9. not showing effort or strain

<adj.all>
a difficult feat performed with casual mastery
careless grace

Casual \Cas"u*al\, n.
One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he
does not belong; a vagrant.


Casual \Cas"u*al\, a. [OE. casuel, F. casuel, fr. L. casualis,
fr. casus fall, accident, fr. cadere to fall. See {Case}.]
1. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without
being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming
by chance.

Casual breaks, in the general system. --W. Irving.

2. Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as,
casual expenses.

A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture.
--Hawthorne.

Syn: Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional;
contingent; unforeseen. See {Accidental}.