| 单词 | indiscriminate |
| 释义 | indiscriminate (once / 1545 pages) adj Nuclear bombs are indiscriminate, as are earthquakes. They affect everyone in their path rather than picking or choosing. When something is indiscriminate, it makes no fine distinctions. A dog who eats everything could be said to have indiscriminate taste. If you walk into a store and buy the first pair of pants in your size, no matter what they look like, you are an indiscriminate shopper. Usually though, you'll hear the word used to describe violent acts or natural events because these things do not have a specific target. They affect all people without considering the differences in their lives. WORD FAMILYindiscriminate: indiscriminately, indiscriminatingly+/discriminate: discriminable, discriminated, discriminately, discriminates, discriminating, discriminatingly, discrimination, discriminative, discriminator, discriminatory, indiscriminate/discriminating: indiscriminating, undiscriminating/discrimination: discriminations, non-discrimination/discriminative: discriminatively/discriminator: discriminators/discriminatory: discriminatorily/undiscriminating: undiscriminatingly USAGE EXAMPLESIn October of 1992, heavily armed military police stormed the penitentiary to quell a riot, spurring charges of indiscriminate killing by authorities. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Mosul’s Sunnis long complained that the Shiite-dominated security forces treated them with suspicion and targeted them in indiscriminate crackdowns. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) There is no indiscriminate bombing or shelling of apartment buildings; no executions of women and children; no mass disappearances of men. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj failing to make or recognize distinctions Syn indiscriminating, undiscriminating not discriminating 2adj not marked by fine distinctions indiscriminate reading habits an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles Syn|Ant promiscuous not selective of a single class or person sweeping, wholesaleignoring distinctions indiscriminating, undiscriminatingnot discriminating generalapplying to all or most members of a category or group discriminate marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions discriminatingshowing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste |
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