indolent

英 [ˈɪndələnt]

美 [ˈɪndələnt]

adj.  懒惰的; 懒散的; 好逸恶劳的

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BNC.32787 / COCA.26808

牛津词典

adj.

• 懒惰的；懒散的；好逸恶劳的
  not wanting to work

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 懒惰的;怠惰的;好逸恶劳的
  Someone who isindolentis lazy.
  1. ...indolent teenagers who won't lift a finger to help.
     懒惰的青少年们，连举手之劳都不愿意帮

英英释义

adj

• (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless
  1. an indolent ulcer
  2. leprosy is an indolent infectious disease
• disinclined to work or exertion
  1. faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
  2. an indolent hanger-on
  3. too lazy to wash the dishes
  4. shiftless idle youth
  5. slothful employees
  6. the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
  Synonym:faineantlazyotioseslothfulwork-shy

双语例句

• In the eyes of Shanghaines, an indolent and loosening life symbolizes Shanghai style.
  在上海人看来，慵懒随性的生活里透着海派的余韵。
• New biomarkers to identify indolent cancers and those likely to progress to castration-resistance are needed, he concluded.
  他总结新的识别隐匿性癌的生物标志物和那些可能的去势抵抗的发展是被需要的。
• Those tiny figures moving, insect-like, between indolent river and abrupt peak were there to teach modesty, instil calm and underline impermanence, surely, rather than reflect reality.
  那些如同昆虫般微小的人影在水流缓慢的江河与陡峭的山峰之间移动，教育人们虚怀若谷，灌输平静的心境，强调世事无常，而不是对现实的反映。
• Once two indolent people in the seats next to theirs delayed them, and the newsreel started.
  一次坐在他们旁边的两个懒人让他们耽搁了一会儿，新闻短片开始了。
• A wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses; parasitic vines that strangle the trees; bloodsucking blackmailer; his indolent leechlike existence.
  寄生在劳动大众身上的富裕阶级；扼死了树的寄生藤；吸血的敲诈者；他那懒惰的、寄生虫一样的生活。
• In fact, they were energetic; an energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.
  事实上，他们的精力非常旺盛，在一个懒汉必然死亡的地方，他们是可以成功的。
• She's always criticizing her husband for being indolent.
  她老是批评她丈夫懒散。
• An indolent or clumsy rolling about.
  懒洋洋的或笨拙的翻滚。
• A good-natured but indolent hanger-on;
  心地善良但是懒惰的食客；
• Carcinoid tumor is distinct from other malignancies because of its indolent behavior, so usually it has better survival.
  类癌有别于一般的癌症是因为它生长较缓慢，有较好的预后。