indolence
美 ['ɪndələns]
助记提示
1、in- "not, opposite of, without" + dol- + -ence.
2、字面含义：freedom from pain, insensitivity to pain.
英文词源
- indolence (n.)
- c. 1600, "insensitivity to pain," from French indolence (16c.), from Latin indolentia "freedom from pain, insensibility," noun of action from indolentem (nominative indolens) "insensitive to pain," used by Jerome to render Greek apelgekos in Ephesians; from Latin in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + dolentem (nominative dolens) "grieving," present participle of dolere "suffer pain, grieve." Sense of "laziness" (1710) is from notion of "avoiding trouble" (compare taking pains).
双语例句
- 1. He was noted for his indolence.
- 他的懒惰是出了名的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We rode slowly, with pleasant sense of Sunday indolence.
- 我们骑马缓缓而行, 怀着一种礼拜天悠闲自在的愉快心情.
来自辞典例句
- 3. In Shirley's nature prevailed at times an easy indolence.
- 射利的性情有时会显得懒懒散散.
来自辞典例句
- 4. They're the national apology for indolence.
- 他们是我们民族对懒怠的纵容.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Its tendency to archaic language was tempered by the indolence of its exponents.
- 它的应用古语的趋势却被用语者的懒散所冲淡.
来自辞典例句