- 1漠不關心
Indifference is when you do not care. You are not angry, not sad, not even interested. Something happens, and you feel almost nothing. That empty feeling can hurt more than anger, because anger still means the person matters to you. We use it for one person (his indifference) and for a city or a government that does nothing (public indifference). It is a calm, slightly careful word. In everyday talk, people just say “I don’t care” or “whatever.” Indifference is the name of that cold “so what?” — often when we think it is a bit . Though actually, it is not always . Sometimes you choose it: you will not pick a side, or you have stopped fighting a thing you cannot change. And in older careful English, “it is a matter of indifference” can mean “either way is fine” — not , just that you do not mind which one.
From the word’s history
From Middle French indifférence, from Late Latin indifferentia; in- + difference.
源自中古法文，來自晚期拉丁文 indifferentia。
組成From Middle French indifférence, from Late Latin indifferentia. By the look of the English word: in- (not) + difference.
同家族的字
- indifferentthe adjective — not caring
- differencethe piece after in-
- differentsame differ- family
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
indifferencenoun/ɪnˈdɪf.ɹəns/
- 1
The state of being indifferent.
- "I do not care for them; I would not have them now," cried Lady Penrhyn; "it is only your affection I care for. Do not suppose, for a moment, that I wish for the tables when you do not: oh, no! my only concern was for your indifference. But I am content if you tell me I was mistaken."
- 2
Unbiased impartiality.
- 3
Unemotional apathy.
- His daughter's indifference towards the sexist group made him wonder if she felt no empathy for the bullied.
- I wish the consequences of this moment for young women punctured the apparent indifference of so many men and boys I saw that day.
- 4
A lack of enthusiasm.
- 5
Unconcerned nonchalance.
- I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
- 6
human-sciencesphilosophysciencesSelf-identity defined through the negation of difference, non-difference.
- "I call reason absolute reason, or reason insofar as it is conceived as the total indifference of the subjective and objective."
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