indifferent
adjective /ɪnˈdɪfrənt/
/ɪnˈdɪfrənt/
- [not usually before noun] indifferent (to somebody/something) having or showing no interest in somebody/something
漠不关心；不感兴趣 - The government cannot afford to be indifferent to public opinion.
政府不可不关注舆论。
- He appeared indifferent to her suffering.
他对她的痛苦显得毫不在意。 - He was coldly indifferent to other people.
他对别人冷若冰霜。 - Most staff were indifferent about the plans.
大多数员工对这些计划漠不关心。 - Pat sounded almost indifferent.
帕特听起来几乎毫无兴趣。 - Anna shrugged her shoulders trying to seem indifferent.
安娜耸了耸肩，试图表现出漠不关心的样子。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
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- The government cannot afford to be indifferent to public opinion.
- not very good
不很好的；一般的 - an indifferent meal
一般的饭食 - The festival has the usual mixture of movies—good, bad and indifferent.
电影节的影片一如既往的良莠不齐，有优秀的、低劣的和一般的。
- We enjoyed the day, in spite of very indifferent weather.
虽然天气很不怎么样，但那天我们还是玩得很高兴。 - a rather indifferent performance
相当平庸的表演 - He suffered from indifferent health.
他健康欠佳。 - They were concerned about the team's indifferent form since the semi-final.
他们担心该队自半决赛以来的冷淡状态。
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- an indifferent meal
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘having no partiality for or against’): via Old French from Latin indifferent- ‘not making any difference’, from in- ‘not’ + different- ‘differing’ (from the verb differre, from dis- ‘from, away’ + ferre ‘bring, carry’).