indolent: [18] Historically, indolent means ‘feeling no pain’ – indeed, that is how it was used as a technical medical term in English in the 17th and 18th centuries. It comes from late Latin indolens, which was based on the Latin verb dolere ‘suffer pain’ (source also of English dolour [13] and doleful [13]). English took the term directly from Latin, but meanwhile in French indolent had broadened out in meaning via ‘insensitive’ to ‘inactive, lethargic, lazy’, and that is the basis of the current English use of the adjective, acquired in the early 18th century. => doleful, dolour
indolent (adj.)
1660s, "painless," from Late Latin indolentem (see indolence). Sense of "living easily" is 1710, from French indolent. Related: Indolently.
中文解释
1、in- "not, opposite of, without" + dol- + -ent.2、字面含义：freedom from pain, insensitivity to pain.
实用例句
1. He is old and fat and indolent.
他年老肥胖而又懒惰.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The sultry weather in the tropics encourages tourists to lead an indolent life.
热带闷热的气候使得游客只能过懒散的生活.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. I don't want to make friends with indolent persons.
我不喜欢和懒惰的人交朋友。
来自辞典例句
4. You're too fastidious, and too indolent, and too rich.