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、喜怒哀樂等都沒有任何的表情變化(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、沒有不同的)表情。

indifferent 冷淡的

in-,不，非，different,不同的。即沒有不同的，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、不敬業的態度！

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

3. The steel workers were relatively indifferent to the issue of nationalization.: 相對而言，鋼鐵工人對國有化的議題并不太關心。

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