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单词 indifference
释义
indifference
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˈdɪf.ər.əns/us
/ɪnˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
C2
lackofinterestin someone or something:
不感兴趣的；不关心的，冷淡的
Manynativespeakersof alanguageshow indifferenceto/towardsgrammaticalpoints.许多人都不关注其母语的语法。
Hisattitudewas one ofboredindifference.他的态度既不耐烦又漠不关心。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lacking interest and enthusiasm
  • anaemic
  • apathetic
  • apathy
  • aridity
  • blah
  • blankly
  • flatly
  • half-hearted
  • half-heartedly
  • hell
  • nonchalant
  • nonchalantly
  • nonconcern
  • passionless
  • politely
  • vacant
  • vacantly
  • world-weariness
  • world-weary
  • yourheart isn't in itidiom
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(Definition ofindifferencefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

indifference| American Dictionary

indifference
noun[U]
us
/ɪnˈdɪf·rəns/
thequalityof notcaringabout or beinginterestedin something or someone:
Her indifference tosportsbotheredhim.
(Definition ofindifferencefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindifference

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If central powers tended to do the same for opposite reasons, their attitude towards non-bureaucratic opinion alternated betweenindifferenceand hostility.
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Nothing tells us that practicalindifferencedeserves judicial punishment as distinct from other kinds of social responses to blameworthy conduct.
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He argues that indeterminacy of rational choice is the result of eitherindifferenceor incommensurability of the options.
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The test for incommensurability assumes, after all, thatindifferenceand incommensurability hold between the values of the options of choice.
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That this innovation met and continues to meet with critical as well as popularindifferenceappears, at first, extraordinary.
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This is surprising in view of the traditionalindifferenceto evolution from medical and molecular biology.
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Occasionally new machinery met with suspicion,indifferenceor even opposition by agricultural workers because of its novelty or complexity.
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It was a drastic change from the sheerindifferencethat was prevalent until 2000.
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Successive research identifies a middle ground between attitude certainty and uncertainty, where instabilities in opinions reflect indecision rather thanindifference.
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But from 1870 to 1926 it led a precarious existence, dogged by inadequate budgets and generalindifference.
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It is simply a non sequitur to build a community among neighboring states on the basis of officialindifferenceto those neighbors.
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However, for social choice with non-transitiveindifferenceequal value of life principles may be reconciled with this requirement.
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In addition, significant associations emerged between severe antipathy andindifferenceand both co-morbid anxiety and comorbid dysthymia.
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The exploration of form carried with it a danger of introversion, and ofindifferenceto the actual conditions of society.
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The reasoning relies on the defunct principle ofindifference.
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