indolent

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英 [ˈɪndələnt]word uk audio image

美 [ˈɪndələnt] word us audio image

  • adj.
    懒惰的,懒散的,不活跃的

单词词源

indolent 懒惰的,懒散的

in-,不,非,-dol,伤心的,悲伤的,词源同condole,doleful.即没有悲伤的,后引申词义不用忍受痛苦的,不用尝试做事的,懒惰的。

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双语例句

1. A boss will never like indolent employees .
没有老板喜欢懒惰的员工.
2. The former investment banker has not been indolent : his department has been a factory for acronyms since the crisis began .
这位前投资银行家并非懒惰,自危机开始以来,他的部门已成为加工厂的代称。
3. In a 1942 presentation at the new york academy of medicine , the scientists reported that after lobotomy , patients did sometimes become " indolent " or " outspoken . "
在1942年纽约医学专科学院的一个介绍会中,一些科学家提出,额叶切除术后,病人的确有时变得“懒惰”或“直言”。
4. A wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses ; parasitic vines that strangle the trees ; bloodsucking blackmailer ; his indolent leechlike existence .
寄生在劳动大众身上的富裕阶级;扼死了树的寄生藤;吸血的敲诈者;他那懒惰的、寄生虫一样的生活。
5. The assumption was that he was warning the white members of the audience , but in reality his lecture was far more uncomfortable listening for the sizeable nigerian contingent , including a slew of government and embassy dignitaries , as he spoke of " indolent kleptocrats " in the government , and " a cesspool of corruption " .
或许这是在提醒听众里的白人成员,但实际上,当他讲到政府里“懒惰的强盗统治”和“滋生腐败的粪池”时,坐立不安的是众多的尼日利亚听众,这包括不少政府和使馆要员在内。

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