indolence
英 [ˈɪn.dəl.əns]
美 [ˈɪn.dəl.əns]
1、in- "not, opposite of, without" + dol- + -ence.
2、字面含义:freedom from pain, insensitivity to pain.
- 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).
- 1. He was noted for his indolence.
- 他的懒惰是出了名的。
- 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.
- 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.
- 4. They're the national apology for indolence.
- 他们是我们民族对懒怠的纵容.
- 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.