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单词 indifference
释义
indifferencein‧dif‧fer‧ence /ɪnˈdɪfərəns/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He seem bored now; and he blinked at Mitchell with imperious indifference.
  • In spite of his indifference, it was exquisite: the ditch banks were creamy with cowslips and lilac with cuckoo flower.
  • It is a bizarre setting, to say the least, where the boredom and indifference can be measured in metric tons.
  • The absence of military protection for the abolitionists in Alton lends credence to legal indifference that bound the country at this time.
  • There was no disagreement in accusing the National government of callousness and indifference.
  • They fought incompetence, inclement weather and indifference.
  • This hypothesis generates an infinite set of indifference curves which are convex to the L axis.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Whether you stay or leave is a matter of total indifference to me (=I do not care).
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Both contrasted this apparent indifference with the West's readiness to criticize the damaging of rainforest by logging.
· He is resigned to public indifference to the benefits of efficiency, as well as to the effects of greenhouse gases.· So their public indifference only came across as denial.
· But he has sterling qualities, particularly courage and a total indifference to public opinion.· She walked with total indifference to what she saw.
NOUN
· Consider an indifference curve in space.· For a competitive equilibrium, this line must be tangent to the individual's indifference curve.· Three examples of such indifference curves are illustrated by and in Figure 6.4.· Any such level of output will put the median voter on a higher indifference curve than would the reversion level.· The equilibrium allocation for the median voter shifts from point E° on indifference curve I 1 to E 1 on I 2.
VERB
· It is sad that the Labour party has already shown indifference to that form of arts funding.
lack of interest or concernindifference to his apparent indifference to material luxuries Whether you stay or leave is a matter of total indifference to me (=I do not care).
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