indifferent

英 [?n'd?f(?)r(?)nt] 美[?n'd?fr?nt]

反義詞

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副詞:?indifferently;

1. 她碰到任何事情、喜怒哀樂(lè)等都沒(méi)有任何的表情變化(不同)、感情變化(不同)，因此任何事情都影響不了她，所以看上去她始終是一副冷漠的(一樣的、沒(méi)有不同的)表情。

indifferent 冷淡的

in-,不，非，different,不同的。即沒(méi)有不同的，引申詞義冷淡的。

indifferent: indifferent: see different
indifferent (adj.): late 14c., "unbiased," from Old French indifferent "impartial" or directly from Latin indifferentem (nominative indifferens) "not differing, not particular, of not consequence, neither good nor evil," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + differens, present participle of differre "set apart" (see differ). Extended sense of "apathetic" first recorded early 15c.; that of "neither good nor bad" 1530s, on notion of "neither more nor less advantageous."

1. Of all the lazy, indifferent, unbusinesslike attitudes to have!: 這是多么懶惰、冷漠、不敬業(yè)的態(tài)度！

2. Crook liked her well enough, but remained indifferent to her feminine charms.: 克魯格還比較喜歡她，只是對(duì)她的女性魅力卻始終無(wú)動(dòng)于衷。

3. The steel workers were relatively indifferent to the issue of nationalization.: 相對(duì)而言，鋼鐵工人對(duì)國(guó)有化的議題并不太關(guān)心。

4. She had starred in several very indifferent movies.: 她主演過(guò)幾部表現(xiàn)非常一般的電影。

5. The government cannot afford to be indifferent to public opinion.: 政府不可不關(guān)注輿論。