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单词 indifferent
释义
indifferent
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈdɪf.ər.ənt/us
/ɪnˈdɪf.ɚ.ənt/

indifferentadjective(NOT INTERESTED)

C2
notthinkingabout orinterestedin someone or something:
不感兴趣；不关心，冷淡
Why don't youvote- how can you be so indifferent (towhat is going on)?你为什么不投票？你怎能（对正在发生的事情）如此漠不关心！
Hefoundit very hardteachingaclassfullof indifferentteenagers.他发觉教一班无动于衷的十几岁的孩子真是头疼。
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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indifferentadjective(NOT GOOD)

not good, but not verybad:
中等的，一般的
We didn't like therestaurantmuch - thefoodwas indifferent and theserviceratherslow.我们不怎么喜欢这家餐馆——饭菜一般，上菜也相当慢。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Quite good, or not very good
  • acceptable
  • adequacy
  • adequate
  • adequately
  • agreeable
  • fair
  • iffy
  • impure
  • indifferently
  • kind
  • lesser
  • pass
  • patchy
  • raggedly
  • raggedness
  • reasonable
  • refined
  • rose
  • rough
  • scratch
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Related word

indifferently
(Definition ofindifferentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

indifferent| American Dictionary

indifferent
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ɪnˈdɪf·rənt/

indifferentadjective[not gradable](NOT INTERESTED)

lackingininterestorfeeling:
an indifferentstudent
She wasutterlyindifferent to hisirritation.

indifferentadjective[not gradable](NOT GOOD OR BAD)

neither very goodnorverybad:
Nomatterhow good orbador indifferent Foster is, he’ll always be myfriend.
(Definition ofindifferentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindifferent

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We should not of course conclude that all pebbles or points of the compass areindifferent!
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The imperial government, it was said, could not risk 'creating the impression that [it was]indifferentto the difficulties of the planting community'.
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Consumers areindifferentbetween physical capital and government bonds because the two assets have a common return and tax treatment.
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The work-first approach on the other hand isindifferentor even inimical to a self-development strategy, while fostering - albeit indirectly - a self-assertion strategy.
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Contemporary theoretical approaches are, for the most part,indifferentto the task of providing broad descriptive coverage.
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We call this unique transitive sequence, in which all bundles are linked by the binary relation (standing for "preferred orindifferentto"), a preference chain.
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Democratic theorists must not beindifferentto this weakness.
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First, tactical voters who areindifferentbetween two parties on the strength-of-feeling scores will be classified as non-tactical.
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By our assumption of large potential demand, this rate is such that a customer isindifferentbetween joining and not joining.
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He has forbidden such things and thus one ought not to be morallyindifferentabout them.
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Just as scientific ideology isindifferentto ontology, theological ideology isindifferentto ontology.#!
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However, as discussed above, the mechanisms for enforcing compliance are notindifferentfor the outcome.
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Most people notindifferentto the policy would vote against it.
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The governments cannot enforce the original status quo, as the most integrationist government isindifferentbetween the de facto operation and the de jure rules.
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Second, interstate law wasindifferentto the form of national political organization.
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