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Indifferent People Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Indifferently Ly 英 ɪn'dɪfrənt] 美

英语单词 indifferent
英美音标 英 [ɪn'dɪfrənt] 美 [ɪn'dɪfrənt]
中文释义 adj.漠不关心的;无关紧要的;平凡的;中立的
英语例句 (1) He is indifferent to the result of the exam.
(2) She seems indifferent, but deep down she's very pleased.
(3) Many one or little one is indifferent to me.
(4) It was utterly indifferent to her who he was.
(5) I'm an indifferent cook.
中文例句 (1) 他对考试结果漠不关心。
(2) 她貌似无动於衷,其实心里非常高兴。
(3) 多一个或少一个对我是无关紧要的。
(4) 封她来说,他是谁,根本是无关紧要的事。
(5) 我是个手艺平平的厨师。
vocabulary简明 If you're indifferent about something, you don't care much about it one way or another. You might feel indifferent about politics, changing the channel whenever the TV news comes on.
vocabulary扩展 People seem indifferent when they're obviously unconcerned — an indifferent observer of a tennis match is clearly not rooting for either player, and an indifferent voter might choose a candidate at the last minute by flipping a coin. A slightly less common meaning of indifferent is "unbiased or impartial," which you can see in its root, the Old French indifferent, or "impartial." In this sense of the word, we all hope our laws and legal system are indifferent.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不感兴趣的;不关心的;冷淡的 If you accuse someone of being indifferent to something, you mean that they have a complete lack of interest in it.
  [oft ADJ to n]
  • People have become indifferent to the suffering of others.

    人们对别人的痛苦已经变得无动于衷。

  • ...the row over the police's indifferent attitude to the killings.

    严厉谴责警方对杀戮无动于衷的态度

indifferently
  • 'Not that it matters,' said Tench indifferently.

    “那并不要紧,”坦奇漠然地说。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](水平或质量)一般的,平庸的,差的 If you describe something or someone as indifferent, you mean that their standard or quality is not very good, and often quite bad.
  • She had starred in several very indifferent movies...

    她主演过几部表现非常一般的电影。

  • Much of the food we eat is of very poor or indifferent quality.

    我们吃的许多食物质量要么很差,要么很一般。

indifferently
  • ...an eight-year-old girl who reads tolerably and writes indifferently.

    阅读尚可、写作很一般的 8 岁女孩

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