indiscriminate
adjective /ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnət/
/ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnət/
- an indiscriminate action is done without thought about what the result may be, especially when it causes people to be harmed
随意的；恣意的；不加选择的 - indiscriminate attacks on motorists by youths throwing stones
年轻人乱扔石头袭击驾车的人 - the indiscriminate nature of nuclear weapons
核武器的滥杀性质 - Doctors have been criticized for their indiscriminate use of antibiotics.
医生被指责滥用抗生素。
- The indiscriminate use of pesticides is now banned.
现在禁止滥用杀虫剂。 - The newspaper denounced the indiscriminate firing by the police.
该报指责警方胡乱开枪。
- indiscriminate attacks on motorists by youths throwing stones
- acting without careful judgement
不加分析的；不加判断的 - She's always been indiscriminate in her choice of friends.
她一向择友不慎。
- She's always been indiscriminate in her choice of friends.
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘haphazard, not selective’): from in- ‘not’ + Latin discriminatus, past participle of discriminare (from discrimen ‘distinction’, from the verb discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’).