having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned 不感兴趣的;冷淡的;不同情的;不关心的 she seemed indifferent rather than angry. 她看起来很冷淡,而不是很生气。 most workers were indifferent to foreign affairs. 多数工人并不关心外交事务。
neither good nor bad; mediocre 不好不坏的;中等的;普通的,平庸的 attempts to distinguish between good, bad, and indifferent work. 试图区分好的、差的以及中等的工作。 ■not especially good; fairly bad 不特别好的,一般的;相当差的 a pair of indifferent watercolours. 两幅相当差的水彩画。
派生 indifferently adverb 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'having no partiality for or against'): via Old French from Latin indifferent- 'not making any difference', from in- 'not' + different- 'differing' (see different)