| 单词 | indifferent |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [in'difərənt] |
| 解释 | a.不感兴趣的，漠不关心的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 不感兴趣的，漠不关 心的(having or showing no partiality; detached; disinterested) 【考】 反义词: avid(热情的) 【记】 in(不)+different(不 同的)→任何不同之事 都与己无关 【例】 Jane may seem indifferent but she really does care. |
| 字源 | 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." |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 漠不关心的; 没有偏见的 = detached = disinterested 【记】因为这些人的志向与我different(adj 不同的)所以我漠不关心 【反】avid(adj 渴望的; 热情的)avi飞, d的; fervor(n 热情; 炽热)zealot(n 狂热者); enraptured(adj 狂喜的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】in 不 + different 没有区别，指好还是坏，去还是不去，干还是不干等没有区别，没有喜好与倾向，无所谓 |
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