indolence

pronunciation

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  • n.
    懒惰
    好逸恶劳
    懒散
    无痛

Word Origin

Example

1. Among african medics a stigma attaches to morphine , which is considered addictive and likely to lead to indolence .
非洲医学界对吗啡也颇有微词,认为这种药物容易上瘾并导致人懒惰。
2. Indolence and inertia is a problem only with the officials administering the payments , not the workers receiving them .
懒惰只能用来形容官方发放工资的时候,而不能用在工人工作的时候。
3. Therefore her life of one enthusiasm after the other during which she exuded life-giving self-confidence was marked by longer periods of indolence and disillusionment .
因此,她生活中有一个接一个的热情,在此期间,她流露出生活给人的自信,其特点是长时间的懒惰和幻灭。
4. Wealth and poverty ; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence , and the other of meanness and viciousness , and both of discontent .
财富和贫穷;前者是奢侈和懒惰之母,反过来,后者却是卑鄙和邪恶之母,不过,两者都是不满之母。
5. While regulators may be at fault in not having acted sufficiently vigorously , the claim that they caused the crisis is as ludicrous as the claim that crime is caused by the indolence of the police .
虽然监管机构可能存在行动不力的过失,但如果说是他们造成了危机,那就跟说犯罪行为是警察懒惰所造成的一样可笑。

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