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.
indolent 英文释义
1. disinclined to work or exertion;
"faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"
"an indolent hanger-on"
"too lazy to wash the dishes"
"shiftless idle youth"
"slothful employees"
"the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
2. of tumors e.g.; slow to heal or develop and usually painless;
"an indolent ulcer"
"leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"
indolent 双语例句
1. He is old and fat and indolent.
他年老肥胖而又懒惰.
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2. The sultry weather in the tropics encourages tourists to lead an indolent life.
热带闷热的气候使得游客只能过懒散的生活.
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3. I don't want to make friends with indolent persons.
我不喜欢和懒惰的人交朋友。
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4. You're too fastidious, and too indolent, and too rich.
你们从不知足, 而且游手好闲, 钱又太多.
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5. St. Clare was indolent and careless of money.
圣·克莱亚为人懒散,挥金如土.
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indolent 实用场景例句
He is old and fat and indolent.
他年老肥胖而又懒惰.
《简明英汉词典》
The sultry weather in the tropics encourages tourists to lead an indolent life.
热带闷热的气候使得游客只能过懒散的生活.
《简明英汉词典》
I don't want to make friends with indolent persons.
我不喜欢和懒惰的人交朋友。
辞典例句
You're too fastidious, and too indolent, and too rich.
你们从不知足, 而且游手好闲, 钱又太多.
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St. Clare was indolent and careless of money.
圣·克莱亚为人懒散,挥金如土.
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They are indolent, as a general thing, and yet have a few pastimes.
一般说来, 他们总是懒洋洋的, 但倒有几种解闷的法子.
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They are as heedless and as indolent as cats.
他们都和猫儿一样,懒惰驯良.
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To move, stand, or recline in an indolent or relaxed manner.
懒洋洋地闲荡懒洋洋地或放松地移动 、 站立或斜倚.
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A literary image erases the more indolent images of perception.
文学意象抹除那些感官的懒惰意象.
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The writer said he needed some goad because he was indolent.
这个作家说他需要刺激,因为他很懒惰.
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Those who revel in the Internet tend to lead an indolent life.
沉迷于网络的人往往过着懒散的生活.
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He quickens the indolent, encourages the eager, and steadies the unstable.
