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单词 indolent
释义 in·do·lent
I. \-nt\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin indolent-, indolens insensitive to pain, from Latin in- in- (I) + dolent-, dolens (present participle of dolēre)
1. medicine
 a. : causing little or no pain
  < an indolent tumor >
 b.
  (1) : growing or progressing slowly
   < leprosy is an indolent infectious disease >
  (2) : slow to heal
   < an indolent ulcer >
2.
 a. : constantly indulging in ease : chronically averse to labor and exertion
  < a goad for an indolent writer — Van Wyck Brooks >
  < old and fat and indolent — A.E.Stevenson †1965 >
 b. : conducing to or encouraging laziness or avoidance of exertion
  < the indolent heat of the afternoon >
 c. : giving evidence of or exhibiting indolence
  < an indolent sigh — Willard Robertson >
  < an indolent amiability >
Synonyms: see lazy
II. noun
(-s)
: one that is indolent
 < thousands of scoundrelly indolents lived there despising any honest toil — P.I.Wellman >
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