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单词 indolence
释义 in·do·lence
\ˈindələn(t)s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Latin indolentia freedom from pain, from in- in- (I) + dolentia pain, from dolent-, dolens (present participle of dolēre to feel pain, grieve) + -ia -y — more at condole
1. or indolency -es obsolete
 a. : insensibility or indifference to pain
 b. : freedom from pain or a tranquillity of mind marked by neither pain nor pleasure : apathetic ease
2. medicine
 a. : a condition of causing little or no pain
  < deceptive indolence of the tumor >
 b. : a condition of growing or progressing slowly
 c. : slowness in healing
3. : laziness or inactivity arising from a love of ease or aversion to work : indisposition to labor : sloth
 < the hot moist air of the tropics spreads a feeling of lethargy and indolence over everything that moves — G.H.Reed b.1887 >
 < indolence, tardiness or even downright opposition to improvements — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
 < literary indolence, mere unwillingness to take the necessary pains — Brand Blanshard >
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