Indifference
[ɪn'dɪf(ə)r(ə)ns] or [ɪn'dɪfrəns]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being indifferent, or not making a difference; want of sufficient importance to constitute a difference; absence of weight; insignificance.
(n.) Passableness; mediocrity.
(n.) Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias.
(n.) Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs.
格雷西校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Neutrality, impartiality, disinterestedness, freedom from bias or prejudice.[2]. Unconcernedness, apathy, coldness, carelessness, negligence, heedlessness, inattention, want of interest.[3]. Triviality, unimportance, insignificance.
坎迪編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Triviality, unimportance, insignificance, coolness, carelessness, apathy,insensibility, composure
ANT:Importance, significance, weight, gravity, eagerness, interest, affection,ardor
整理:康拉德
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of indifference, signifies pleasant companions for a very short time. For a young woman to dream that her sweetheart is indifferent to her, signifies that he may not prove his affections in the most appropriate way. To dream that she is indifferent to him, means that she will prove untrue to him.
阿加莎手打
例句/造句/用法:
- With an air of indifference he soon afterwards added: How long did you say he was at Rosings? 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Her surprise increased with her indifference: he almost fancied that she suspected him of being tainted with foreignness. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- There was a complete SANG FROID and indifference under Winifred's childish reserve, a certain irresponsible callousness. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- If they do not operate, the blame is put not on the subject as taught, but on the indifference and recalcitrancy of pupils. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Scarcely a day passed that did not find Professor Porter straying in his preoccupied indifference toward the jaws of death. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Such liberality argued in the father's eyes profound indifference--who tolerates all, he reasonedcan be attached to none. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- And not another word was said; but Fanny felt herself again in danger, and her indifference to the danger was beginning to fail her already. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- But I could not act with this business-like indifference towards Miss Fairlie. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- These he utters with an appearance of perfect indifference as he looks over the papers on his table and prepares to write a letter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Those letters would have done more to convince me of your perfect indifference, than even your silence and neglect. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Never did tone express indifference plainer. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- That is a matter of perfect indifference to His Grace and also to me. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I forgot to look for him when I was last out,' returned Eugene with the calmest indifference; 'but I dare say he was there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The most incisive comment on politics to-day is indifference. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Despite that pernicious assumption of lassitude and indifference, which had become his second nature, he was strongly attached to his friend. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
德洛丽丝校對