| 单词 | indolent |
| 释义 | indolent (once / 799 pages) adj Indolent is an adjective meaning slow or lazy. It can take an indolent teenager hours to get out of bed on a weekend morning. Often it's noon before he finally comes shuffling down to breakfast in his pajamas. An indolent person is slow and lazy — not the type of person you'd want running your corporation or competing with you in a relay race. Doctors use the word indolent to describe medical conditions that are slow to progress. If you're diagnosed with an illness, you'd prefer an indolent one over one that spreads quickly. WORD FAMILYindolent: indolence, indolently+/indolence: indolences USAGE EXAMPLESThe idea that this might emerge from Putin’s Russia, Trump’s America, Brexit Britain or the indolent European Union may seem fanciful. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) Trump may not have meant what he said in the campaign and will settle down to a presidency of indolent corruption. The Guardian(Nov 12, 2016) That it has become something else altogether, something more soft- edged and indolent. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) 1adj disinclined to work or exertion an indolent hanger-on Syn faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy idle not in action or at work 2adj (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless an indolent ulcer leprosy is an indolent infectious disease Syn inactive (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly |
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