indolent
英 ['?nd(?)l(?)nt]
美 ['?nd?l?nt]
助記提示
1、in- "not, opposite of, without" + dol- + -ent.
2、字面含義：freedom from pain, insensitivity to pain.
中文詞源
indolent 懶惰的，懶散的in-,不，非，-dol,傷心的，悲傷的，詞源同condole,doleful.即沒有悲傷的，后引申詞義不用忍受痛苦的，不用嘗試做事的，懶惰的。
英文詞源
- indolent
- indolent: [18] Historically, indolent means ‘feeling no pain’ – indeed, that is how it was used as a technical medical term in English in the 17th and 18th centuries. It comes from late Latin indolens, which was based on the Latin verb dolere ‘suffer pain’ (source also of English dolour [13] and doleful [13]). English took the term directly from Latin, but meanwhile in French indolent had broadened out in meaning via ‘insensitive’ to ‘inactive, lethargic, lazy’, and that is the basis of the current English use of the adjective, acquired in the early 18th century.
=> doleful, dolour - indolent (adj.)
- 1660s, "painless," from Late Latin indolentem (see indolence). Sense of "living easily" is 1710, from French indolent. Related: Indolently.
雙語例句
- 1. He is old and fat and indolent.
- 他年老肥胖而又懶惰.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The sultry weather in the tropics encourages tourists to lead an indolent life.
- 熱帶悶熱的氣候使得游客只能過懶散的生活.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I don't want to make friends with indolent persons.
- 我不喜歡和懶惰的人交朋友。
來自辭典例句
- 4. You're too fastidious, and too indolent, and too rich.
- 你們從不知足, 而且游手好閑, 錢又太多.
來自辭典例句
- 5. St. Clare was indolent and careless of money.
- 圣·克萊亞為人懶散,揮金如土.
來自辭典例句