| 单词 | indifferent |
| 释义 | in·dif·fer·ent I. 1. < an indifferent judge in a trial > < the jurors remained indifferent > < a remarkably indifferent critic > 2. a. (1) < what others think is altogether indifferent to him > (2) < whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite indifferent > b. < ceremonies that are considered essential in some religious sects and indifferent in others > < revived an indifferent custom > 3. a. (1) < she always seemed indifferent to the arrival of visitors > (2) < was indifferent to their acceptance or rejection of her invitation > < were indifferent about which book you would decide to give them > b. < was indifferent to suffering and poverty > < remained indifferent to her pleas > < seemed unaffected and quite indifferent in the presence of beauty > 4. < had of couple of hills of indifferent height to climb > < the wind was blowing with a negligible indifferent strength > < inherited an indifferent fortune > 5. a. (1) < does indifferent work at the office > < turned in an indifferent performance of the role > (2) < many human acts are viewed as indifferent > b. < with an indifferent voice like hers she shouldn't even attempt singing > < has indifferent qualifications for the job > 6. now chiefly dialect 7. < an indifferent chemical > < the indifferent part of a magnet > 8. a. < indifferent tissues of the human body > b. < indifferent blastema cells > especially Synonyms: < a soldier rigidly bound by his oath to the state and indifferent to the political ends to which his services might be put — Gordon Harrison > < nature had no sympathy with our hopes and fears, and was completely indifferent to our fate — L.P.Smith > < to be indifferent to any circumstances — to be quite thoughtless as to drafts and chills, careless of heat — Richard Jefferies > unconcerned suggests personal lack of interest, feeling, or being moved or worried or otherwise affected, perhaps arising from insensitiveness, selfishness, or stoicism < how could one, knowing the warmth and beauty of living bodies, of all the glory and tenderness the world might show, go plodding unconcerned through life; go plodding unconcerned yoked to a life and a companionship unvarying, savorless, and without hope of gusto — James Boyd > incurious may suggest lack of normal curiosity or of intellectual capacity for interest < indifferent to technique, abnormally incurious, in fact, of all the means of the literary art — Van Wyck Brooks > < the faintly pained, heavy, incurious unamazement of cattle — R.P.Warren > aloof applies to a show of indifference arising from great temperamental reserve, a cold, forbidding character, or a sense of superiority or disdain < with a glassily aloof expression as though afraid he might be subjected to some unwelcome, impertinent advance by strangers — Claud Cockburn > < always quite aloof from the ordinary social life of the town — Arnold Bennett > detached may indicate a calm objective lack of feeling coming from absence of prejudice or selfishness < Iceland, which cool island remained a little detached about the war — Rose Macaulay > < looking at him with a peculiarly detached and interested air — Sherwood Anderson > < from the cool and detached point of view she had attained, life appeared to her to be essentially comic — Ellen Glasgow > uninterested simply indicates the fact of lack of interest < uninterested in the election > disinterested is often used with this general meaning despite efforts to restrict its application to objectivity, freedom from personal interests, especially financial, and impartiality < teaching the letters of the alphabet to her wiggling and supremely disinterested little daughter — C.L.Sulzberger > < the disinterested advice of a parting friend, who can possibly have no personal motive to bias his counsels — J.C.Fitzpatrick > II. 1. a. b. 2. III. archaic |
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