After a while we became accustomed to the vast sameness, and even liked it in a lukewarm way. And there were times when it filled us with emotions of grandeur. Boundlessness in itself is impressive; it makes us feel our littleness, and yet releases us from that littleness.英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
It was a somewhat frigid gathering until Nasmyth rose. We had all. dined with our respective hosts, and then repaired to this business in cold blood. Many were lukewarm about it in their hearts; there was a certain amount of mild prejudice, and a greater amount of animal indifference, to be overcome in the opening speech. It is not for me to say whether this was successfully accomplished. I only know how the temperature of that meeting rose with Nipper Nasmyth.英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
Heat motionless and ponderous. The steel-blue of the sky bleached from the furnace-circle of the horizon;--the lukewarm river ran yellow and noiseless as a torrent of fluid wax. Even sounds seemed blunted by the heaviness of the air;--the rumbling of wheels, the reverberation of footsteps, fell half-toned upon the ear, like sounds that visit a dozing brain.英文原著 · 《Chita-A Memory of Last Island》
A long peace not only fills democratic armies with elderly officers, but it also gives to all the officers habits both of body and mind which render them unfit for actual service. The man who has long lived amidst the calm and lukewarm atmosphere of democratic manners can at first ill adapt himself to the harder toils and sterner duties of warfare; and if he has not absolutely lost the taste for arms, at least he has assumed a mode of life which unfits him for conquest.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-2》
At 45 minutes after 10 o'clock, the meal was mixed for the first time, for which purpose 16 quarts (Bavarian measure) of lukewarm water, weighing 28 lbs. 28 loths, were used.英文原著 · 《ESSAYS-1》
What would the chairman do now? The situation was distinctly awkward--seeing his helplessness and the lukewarmness of the Board behind him. And the secretary felt more strongly than ever the absurdity of his being an underling, he who in a few well-chosen words could so easily have twisted the meeting round his thumb. Suddenly he heard the long, rumbling sigh which preluded the chairman's speeches.英文原著 · 《Five Tales》
Anata-Tek's IPO two years ago was lukewarm, but the stock is soaring ahead of the release of their flagship.美剧 · 《Billions》
But today is a perfect day, so-- One lukewarm coffee for my gorgeous spouse.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
- Okay, so-- - Funny story about that expression-- when the kids were younger, um, we had a, uh, a wading pool... and occasionally, Luke would have an accident, and, um, Alex would scream, and we'd say, um, "It's okay, honey, he's just making it lukewarm." - Wow, so-- - So I gotta get going, - but I美剧 · 《Modern Family》
You guys were lukewarm on him and everybody else for all kinds of stupid reasons.美剧 · 《Sillicon Valley》