indifference
noun /ɪnˈdɪfrəns/
/ɪnˈdɪfrəns/
- [uncountable, singular] indifference (to somebody/something) a lack of interest, feeling or reaction towards somebody/something
漠不关心；冷淡；不感兴趣；无动于衷 - his total indifference to what people thought of him
他对别人怎么看他丝毫不在乎的态度 - What she said is a matter of complete indifference to me.
她的话对于我来说完全无关紧要。 - Their father treated them with indifference.
他们的父亲对他们漠不关心。 - an indifference to the needs of others
对于他人的需要置若罔闻
- Constable's landscapes met with indifference when they were first exhibited.
康斯特布尔的风景画首次展出时受到了冷遇。 - He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.
他假装毫不在意别人对他作品的批评。 - She showed total indifference to his fate.
对于他的命运她丝毫不关心。 - Ellis spoke with a casual indifference that he did not feel.
埃利斯说话时有一种他自己没有觉察到的漫不经心。 - She adopted an attitude of supreme indifference.
她采取了极度冷漠的态度。 - They have an air of studied indifference to the problem.
他们对这个问题故意摆出漠不关心的样子。 - They regard the change in corporate culture with a certain indifference.
他们对公司文化的变化有点儿无动于衷。 - The president is resigned to public indifference to his latest initiative.
公众对总统新近提出的倡议置若罔闻，他对此也无可奈何。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- supreme
- total
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- feel
- demonstrate
- display
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- with an indifference
- indifference to
- indifference towards/toward
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- an air of indifference
- an attitude of indifference
- a matter of indifference
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- his total indifference to what people thought of him
- [uncountable] (formal) lack of importance
漠不关心；冷淡；不感兴趣；无动于衷 - This cannot be regarded as a matter of indifference.
这不能被视为无关紧要的事情。
- This cannot be regarded as a matter of indifference.
- [uncountable] the fact of being average or not very good
漠不关心；冷淡；不感兴趣；无动于衷 - the indifference of the midfield players
中场球员的冷漠
- the indifference of the midfield players
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘being neither good nor bad’): from Latin indifferentia, from in- ‘not’ + different- ‘differing, deferring’ (from the verb differre).