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indifferently

/in-dif-er-uhnt, -dif-ruhnt/US // ɪnˈdɪf ər ənt, -ˈdɪf rənt //UK // (ɪnˈdɪfrənt, -fərənt) //

漠然地,冷漠地,漠然,漠视地

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
    • : having no bias, prejudice, or preference; impartial; disinterested.
    • : neither good nor bad in character or quality; average; routine: an indifferent specimen.
    • : not particularly good, important, etc.; unremarkable; unnotable: an indifferent success; an indifferent performance.
    • : of only moderate amount, extent, etc.
    • : not making a difference, or mattering, one way or the other.
    • : immaterial or unimportant.
    • : not essential or obligatory, as an observance.
    • : making no difference or distinction, as between persons or things: indifferent justice.
    • : neutral in chemical, electric, or magnetic quality.
    • : Biology. not differentiated or specialized, as cells or tissues.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an ethically or morally indifferent act.
    • : a person who is indifferent, especially in matters of religion or politics.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. indifferently: I am indifferent well.

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Examples

  • I’ve been snowshoeing for almost two hours, my legs are quaking, my Under Armour base layer is now sodden, and there’s no one to complain to but the indifferent and overwhelmingly silent winter forest.

  • Truthfully, even if I’d had more time, I would not have had the patience to pour over some of the puzzles because I was indifferent to Norah’s fate.

  • Cats are living their own lives and that’s why they seem so indifferent to us.

  • Keats’ thought-experiment is a stark reminder that the natural world is indifferent to human-created time and operates at its own, natural pace.

  • She recalls being struck both by how much Huser raced, and by how indifferent she seemed to be about the self-promotional side of the sport.

  • I looked at him indifferently until he went into the church.

  • Even drinking and sex seem low-level pleasures, taken up indifferently.

  • Her bow was returned, indifferently by Evelyn, but by Hugh with eyes of steel, and a mouth of bronze.

  • Probably these names were indifferently applied, in that early time, alike to river and village.

  • Mademoiselle was poking at a rusty stove that smoked a little and warmed the room indifferently.

  • He seated himself in his black horse-hair armchair, and she leaned against the window, indifferently.

  • But no matter what happens, time and the world rolls by as indifferently as though there was nothing worth bothering about.