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Indolent is the adjective that matches : an indolent person avoids effort and is in no hurry to work. It is formal, and it can sound judging — closer to 'will not bother' than to a kind 'needs a rest'. Though actually, doctors still use an older, quieter sense. An indolent lump, ulcer, or is slow and does not hurt much. That medical use sits nearer the Latin: in- (not) + hurting. The later sense 'living easily, slothful' probably grew in French and then came into English. In ordinary talk, though, indolent means lazy.
怠惰的、懶散的(醫:病程慢、不太痛的)
組成From French indolent or Late Latin indolens: in- (not) + dolens (hurting), from doleo ('to hurt'). The later sense 'living easily, slothful' perhaps developed in French.
同家族的字
- indolencethe noun: the habit of not bothering
- condolenceshares the Latin root for pain or grief
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。
indolentadj/ˈɪn.də.lənt/
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Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
- The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
- Mr. Churchill has pride; but his pride is nothing to his wife’s: his is a quiet, indolent, gentlemanlike sort of pride that would harm nobody, and only make himself a little helpless and tiresome; but her pride is arrogance and insolence!
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Inducing laziness.
- indolent comfort
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medicinesciencesCausing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
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medicinesciencesHealing slowly.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。