| 单词 | indifferent critic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasindifferent critic a. Of persons: esp. indifferent judge, indifferent critic, indifferent reader. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > impartial indifferent1413 universal?c1450 unpartial1551 inaffectionate1558 evened1578 unpassionate1587 unaffectionate1588 affectionless1595 dispassionate1595 impartial1597 unappassionate1598 unpassioned?1605 even-handed1611 unpassionated1611 dispassioneda1631 unpropense1641 uninteressed1643 uninteresteda1646 dispassionated1647 free1653 unconcerned1664 equanimous1670 unbiased1686 both-sided1830 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. ii. 4 Thou assignest a juge that is nought indifferent, but frend to your partye. 1465 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 318 He choulde be indeferent for both partyes acordyng to the lawe. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xlvv/1 And nether wyll delyuer the sayde goodis to me or to ony other Indifferent man. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 20 The stewarde is bounde by lawe and conscyence to be an indyfferent iudge bytwene the lorde and his tenauntes. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxiiv Indifferent folke wyl say, ye who is trewe, who is false, him selfe knowlegeth tho thinges. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 54 Trewly, D. Medcalfe was parciall to none: but indifferent to all. 1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. §22 Two things seeme necessarie..namely that the arbitrators be sufficient, and indifferent. a1618 W. Raleigh Apol. Voy. Guiana 21 in Judicious & Sel. Ess. (1650) I leave to all worthy and indifferent men to judge. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. i. xii. 288 A Man that means Honestly, is never afraid..to refer all his Differences to the next unbiass'd and indifferent Man he meets. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xxi. 263 He the indifferent Judge of all, regards Nations, and hues, and dialects alike. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. viii. 110 They dare not go before an impartial judge and indifferent jury. < as lemmas |
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