Definition of indolent in English:

indolent

adjective ˈɪnd(ə)l(ə)ntˈɪndələnt

1Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
不积极的；懒惰的，懒散的
they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure
Example sentencesExamples
- The most indolent beings won't have any more reason to hesitate before setting off to find pleasures that will cost them neither money nor effort.
- But indolent border guards didn't bother to check on him - they just took his passport, stamped it, and let him leave.
- It's not so much dreamy as it is lazy and indolent.
- She was young, portionless, bad with money, indecisive, and indolent (so Thackeray thought).
- The workers are lazy indolent villains and the leaders are intelligent, hard working visionaries.
- He has perhaps been as determined to realize his odd project as his proudly indolent subject was determined to avoid exertion.
- There, he says, he was basically indolent, though he did immerse himself in a new ‘hobby’ - making music by computer.
- Family allowances were designed to make the poor self-reliant and independent not lazy and indolent.
- ‘White trash’ are characterized as indolent, lazy, promiscuous, ignorant and incapable of bettering themselves.
- Like an indolent poet, boiling within, forceful outside, the drummer filled the hall.
- As a teenager he was mature in the sense that he knew his way around town, but like all 15-year-olds he could be pretty indolent.
- Nobody wants to appear indolent or indifferent.
- This bushy, indolent fellow, who is built like a well-fed possum, hangs from a rail by his tail, and hooks into his favourite snack, a salami sandwich.
- My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights.
- They didn't want any competition in the lazy and indolent stakes.
- As an indolent student, I would leave the radio on all night.
- This has changed my perspective completely from thinking of non-voters as indolent to thinking that they're tactical, even-handed and pragmatic.
- Both Hitler and Churchill, on the other hand, had no time for exercise: Hitler was exceptionally indolent and didn't even like going for walks.
Synonyms
lazy, idle, slothful, loafing, work-shy, shiftless, apathetic, lackadaisical, inactive, inert, lifeless, sluggish, lethargic, listless, languid, torpid, slow, slow-moving, dull, plodding
slack, lax, remiss, negligent, good-for-nothing
informal bone idle
French archaic fainéant
rare otiose
2Medicine
(of a disease or condition) causing little or no pain.
〔医〕（病状）不痛的，微痛的
Example sentencesExamples
- Classically, prior to HIV or in the absence of severe immuno suppression, it is a fairly indolent skin disease.
- In favorable circumstances the healing of indolent wounds, ulcers, or burns may be aided and with a minimum of scarring.
- Prostate cancer is an indolent disease in most men.
- In those men who are not severely immunocompromised, Kaposi's sarcoma may remain an indolent cutaneous disease.
- The disease had a very indolent course, remaining localized to the organ for several years, and responded favorably to the local radiation therapy.
- In general, the prognosis is favorable and the disease is indolent, with a reported survival rate of 78% at 5 years.
1. 2.1 (especially of an ulcer) slow to develop, progress, or heal; persistent.
  （尤指溃疡）发展缓慢的；愈合慢的，顽固的
  Example sentencesExamples
  In this example, an aggressive variant grows 10 times as fast and metastasizes at 10 times the rate of the indolent variant with the same morphology.
  Follicular lymphoma usually has an indolent clinical course and may present with waxing and waning enlargement of the lymph nodes.
  The lesion typically has a very indolent course, which may span decades.
  Deep indolent ulcers also require local wound care and antibiotics.
  Most patients are alive at last follow-up, suggesting that the lymphoma is indolent and has a slowly progressive clinical course and a favorable outcome.

Derivatives

indolently

adverb ˈɪndələntliˈɪndələntli

I indolently walked towards the door and opened it slightly.
Example sentencesExamples
- I indolently let others decide what I will do instead of resolutely deciding myself.
- She indolently sat up, goose bumps forming up and down her bare arms from the chilliness usually associated with dawn, and looked at the alarm clock beside her bed.
- He then turned away to pick a dusty old book off of his shelf and open it indolently.
- Of course it wasn't like Markus was being subtle, the way he was indolently wafting along, looking like he'd just been crowned Emperor of the Universe.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin indolent-, from in- 'not' + dolere 'suffer or give pain'. The sense 'idle' arose in the early 18th century.

It now means ‘lazy’, but indolent was originally a medical term, referring to an ulcer or tumour that caused no pain to the patient. This reflects its root, Latin in- ‘not’ and dolere ‘to suffer or give pain’.

Definition of indolent in US English:

indolent

adjectiveˈindələntˈɪndələnt

1Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
不积极的；懒惰的，懒散的
they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure
Example sentencesExamples
- The workers are lazy indolent villains and the leaders are intelligent, hard working visionaries.
- ‘White trash’ are characterized as indolent, lazy, promiscuous, ignorant and incapable of bettering themselves.
- The most indolent beings won't have any more reason to hesitate before setting off to find pleasures that will cost them neither money nor effort.
- Both Hitler and Churchill, on the other hand, had no time for exercise: Hitler was exceptionally indolent and didn't even like going for walks.
- Family allowances were designed to make the poor self-reliant and independent not lazy and indolent.
- But indolent border guards didn't bother to check on him - they just took his passport, stamped it, and let him leave.
- She was young, portionless, bad with money, indecisive, and indolent (so Thackeray thought).
- They didn't want any competition in the lazy and indolent stakes.
- He has perhaps been as determined to realize his odd project as his proudly indolent subject was determined to avoid exertion.
- There, he says, he was basically indolent, though he did immerse himself in a new ‘hobby’ - making music by computer.
- Nobody wants to appear indolent or indifferent.
- As an indolent student, I would leave the radio on all night.
- Like an indolent poet, boiling within, forceful outside, the drummer filled the hall.
- As a teenager he was mature in the sense that he knew his way around town, but like all 15-year-olds he could be pretty indolent.
- This has changed my perspective completely from thinking of non-voters as indolent to thinking that they're tactical, even-handed and pragmatic.
- My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights.
- It's not so much dreamy as it is lazy and indolent.
- This bushy, indolent fellow, who is built like a well-fed possum, hangs from a rail by his tail, and hooks into his favourite snack, a salami sandwich.
Synonyms
lazy, idle, slothful, loafing, work-shy, shiftless, apathetic, lackadaisical, inactive, inert, lifeless, sluggish, lethargic, listless, languid, torpid, slow, slow-moving, dull, plodding
2Medicine
(of a disease or condition) causing little or no pain.
〔医〕（病状）不痛的，微痛的
Example sentencesExamples
- Classically, prior to HIV or in the absence of severe immuno suppression, it is a fairly indolent skin disease.
- In favorable circumstances the healing of indolent wounds, ulcers, or burns may be aided and with a minimum of scarring.
- In those men who are not severely immunocompromised, Kaposi's sarcoma may remain an indolent cutaneous disease.
- The disease had a very indolent course, remaining localized to the organ for several years, and responded favorably to the local radiation therapy.
- In general, the prognosis is favorable and the disease is indolent, with a reported survival rate of 78% at 5 years.
- Prostate cancer is an indolent disease in most men.
1. 2.1 (especially of an ulcer) slow to develop, progress, or heal; persistent.
  （尤指溃疡）发展缓慢的；愈合慢的，顽固的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Deep indolent ulcers also require local wound care and antibiotics.
  The lesion typically has a very indolent course, which may span decades.
  In this example, an aggressive variant grows 10 times as fast and metastasizes at 10 times the rate of the indolent variant with the same morphology.
  Most patients are alive at last follow-up, suggesting that the lymphoma is indolent and has a slowly progressive clinical course and a favorable outcome.
  Follicular lymphoma usually has an indolent clinical course and may present with waxing and waning enlargement of the lymph nodes.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from late Latin indolent-, from in- ‘not’ + dolere ‘suffer or give pain’. The sense ‘idle’ arose in the early 18th century.

单词	indolent
释义	Definition of indolent in English: indolent adjective ˈɪnd(ə)l(ə)ntˈɪndələnt 1Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy. 不积极的；懒惰的，懒散的 they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure Example sentencesExamples The most indolent beings won't have any more reason to hesitate before setting off to find pleasures that will cost them neither money nor effort. But indolent border guards didn't bother to check on him - they just took his passport, stamped it, and let him leave. It's not so much dreamy as it is lazy and indolent. She was young, portionless, bad with money, indecisive, and indolent (so Thackeray thought). The workers are lazy indolent villains and the leaders are intelligent, hard working visionaries. He has perhaps been as determined to realize his odd project as his proudly indolent subject was determined to avoid exertion. There, he says, he was basically indolent, though he did immerse himself in a new ‘hobby’ - making music by computer. Family allowances were designed to make the poor self-reliant and independent not lazy and indolent. ‘White trash’ are characterized as indolent, lazy, promiscuous, ignorant and incapable of bettering themselves. Like an indolent poet, boiling within, forceful outside, the drummer filled the hall. As a teenager he was mature in the sense that he knew his way around town, but like all 15-year-olds he could be pretty indolent. Nobody wants to appear indolent or indifferent. This bushy, indolent fellow, who is built like a well-fed possum, hangs from a rail by his tail, and hooks into his favourite snack, a salami sandwich. My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights. They didn't want any competition in the lazy and indolent stakes. As an indolent student, I would leave the radio on all night. This has changed my perspective completely from thinking of non-voters as indolent to thinking that they're tactical, even-handed and pragmatic. Both Hitler and Churchill, on the other hand, had no time for exercise: Hitler was exceptionally indolent and didn't even like going for walks. Synonyms lazy, idle, slothful, loafing, work-shy, shiftless, apathetic, lackadaisical, inactive, inert, lifeless, sluggish, lethargic, listless, languid, torpid, slow, slow-moving, dull, plodding slack, lax, remiss, negligent, good-for-nothing informal bone idle French archaic fainéant rare otiose 2Medicine (of a disease or condition) causing little or no pain. 〔医〕（病状）不痛的，微痛的 Example sentencesExamples Classically, prior to HIV or in the absence of severe immuno suppression, it is a fairly indolent skin disease. In favorable circumstances the healing of indolent wounds, ulcers, or burns may be aided and with a minimum of scarring. Prostate cancer is an indolent disease in most men. In those men who are not severely immunocompromised, Kaposi's sarcoma may remain an indolent cutaneous disease. The disease had a very indolent course, remaining localized to the organ for several years, and responded favorably to the local radiation therapy. In general, the prognosis is favorable and the disease is indolent, with a reported survival rate of 78% at 5 years. 2.1 (especially of an ulcer) slow to develop, progress, or heal; persistent. （尤指溃疡）发展缓慢的；愈合慢的，顽固的 Example sentencesExamples In this example, an aggressive variant grows 10 times as fast and metastasizes at 10 times the rate of the indolent variant with the same morphology. Follicular lymphoma usually has an indolent clinical course and may present with waxing and waning enlargement of the lymph nodes. The lesion typically has a very indolent course, which may span decades. Deep indolent ulcers also require local wound care and antibiotics. Most patients are alive at last follow-up, suggesting that the lymphoma is indolent and has a slowly progressive clinical course and a favorable outcome. Derivatives indolently adverb ˈɪndələntliˈɪndələntli I indolently walked towards the door and opened it slightly. Example sentencesExamples I indolently let others decide what I will do instead of resolutely deciding myself. She indolently sat up, goose bumps forming up and down her bare arms from the chilliness usually associated with dawn, and looked at the alarm clock beside her bed. He then turned away to pick a dusty old book off of his shelf and open it indolently. Of course it wasn't like Markus was being subtle, the way he was indolently wafting along, looking like he'd just been crowned Emperor of the Universe. Origin Mid 17th century: from late Latin indolent-, from in- 'not' + dolere 'suffer or give pain'. The sense 'idle' arose in the early 18th century. It now means ‘lazy’, but indolent was originally a medical term, referring to an ulcer or tumour that caused no pain to the patient. This reflects its root, Latin in- ‘not’ and dolere ‘to suffer or give pain’. Definition of indolent in US English: indolent adjectiveˈindələntˈɪndələnt 1Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy. 不积极的；懒惰的，懒散的 they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure Example sentencesExamples The workers are lazy indolent villains and the leaders are intelligent, hard working visionaries. ‘White trash’ are characterized as indolent, lazy, promiscuous, ignorant and incapable of bettering themselves. The most indolent beings won't have any more reason to hesitate before setting off to find pleasures that will cost them neither money nor effort. Both Hitler and Churchill, on the other hand, had no time for exercise: Hitler was exceptionally indolent and didn't even like going for walks. Family allowances were designed to make the poor self-reliant and independent not lazy and indolent. But indolent border guards didn't bother to check on him - they just took his passport, stamped it, and let him leave. She was young, portionless, bad with money, indecisive, and indolent (so Thackeray thought). They didn't want any competition in the lazy and indolent stakes. He has perhaps been as determined to realize his odd project as his proudly indolent subject was determined to avoid exertion. There, he says, he was basically indolent, though he did immerse himself in a new ‘hobby’ - making music by computer. Nobody wants to appear indolent or indifferent. As an indolent student, I would leave the radio on all night. Like an indolent poet, boiling within, forceful outside, the drummer filled the hall. As a teenager he was mature in the sense that he knew his way around town, but like all 15-year-olds he could be pretty indolent. This has changed my perspective completely from thinking of non-voters as indolent to thinking that they're tactical, even-handed and pragmatic. My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights. It's not so much dreamy as it is lazy and indolent. This bushy, indolent fellow, who is built like a well-fed possum, hangs from a rail by his tail, and hooks into his favourite snack, a salami sandwich. Synonyms lazy, idle, slothful, loafing, work-shy, shiftless, apathetic, lackadaisical, inactive, inert, lifeless, sluggish, lethargic, listless, languid, torpid, slow, slow-moving, dull, plodding 2Medicine (of a disease or condition) causing little or no pain. 〔医〕（病状）不痛的，微痛的 Example sentencesExamples Classically, prior to HIV or in the absence of severe immuno suppression, it is a fairly indolent skin disease. In favorable circumstances the healing of indolent wounds, ulcers, or burns may be aided and with a minimum of scarring. In those men who are not severely immunocompromised, Kaposi's sarcoma may remain an indolent cutaneous disease. The disease had a very indolent course, remaining localized to the organ for several years, and responded favorably to the local radiation therapy. In general, the prognosis is favorable and the disease is indolent, with a reported survival rate of 78% at 5 years. Prostate cancer is an indolent disease in most men. 2.1 (especially of an ulcer) slow to develop, progress, or heal; persistent. （尤指溃疡）发展缓慢的；愈合慢的，顽固的 Example sentencesExamples Deep indolent ulcers also require local wound care and antibiotics. The lesion typically has a very indolent course, which may span decades. In this example, an aggressive variant grows 10 times as fast and metastasizes at 10 times the rate of the indolent variant with the same morphology. Most patients are alive at last follow-up, suggesting that the lymphoma is indolent and has a slowly progressive clinical course and a favorable outcome. Follicular lymphoma usually has an indolent clinical course and may present with waxing and waning enlargement of the lymph nodes. Origin Mid 17th century: from late Latin indolent-, from in- ‘not’ + dolere ‘suffer or give pain’. The sense ‘idle’ arose in the early 18th century.
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