Such apathy is often put down to tiredness, but a study published recently in Psychological Science suggests there may be more to it than that.

人们通常把这种“冷漠”归因于疲倦，但是《心理科学》上最近发表的一项研究发现事情似乎并不是那么简单。

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The message here is that in today’s world there is much that is fun, free and promising about this stage of life, but a dark side of apathy, confusion, loss and grief is less readily acknowledged.

这本书旨在说明如今人们都认为这段时期是充满快乐、自由和希望的，而很少会认为是无趣、困惑、迷失和悲伤的人生黑暗面。

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Liz Elliott, long-standing co-ordinator of green events, said: "I was disappointed by the apathy of the 1990s, but there is certainly a huge turning back."

绿色组织的利兹埃利奥特说：“我对1990年代人们的淡漠很失望，但是现在有了巨大的转变。”

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But the apathy of one-time Sarkozy voters helped above all the Socialist Party and Europe Ecologie, its main partner, which chalked up handsome victories.

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But their transition from apathy to aggression was observed by aid workers among the recovering hungry of Europe.

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Mr Hollings's team point to the obvious logic: mid-term elections are normally cloaked with apathy, but if voters are energised to turn out to support Jim Hodges, then by party association they will surely be tempted to vote for Fritz Hollings too.

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