indolence
美 ['ɪndələns]
英語の語源
- indolence (n.)
- c. 1600, "insensitivity to pain," from French indolence (16c.), from Latin indolentia "freedom from pain, insensibility," noun of action from indolentem (nominative indolens) "insensitive to pain," used by Jerome to render Greek apelgekos in Ephesians; from Latin in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + dolentem (nominative dolens) "grieving," present participle of dolere "suffer pain, grieve." Sense of "laziness" (1710) is from notion of "avoiding trouble" (compare taking pains).
例文
- 1. He was noted for his indolence .
- 彼の怠惰さは有名だ。
- 2.We rode slowly,with pleasant sense of Sunday indolence .
- 私たちは馬に乗ってゆっくりと歩いて、日曜日ののんびりした気持ちを持っています。
- 3.In Shirley 's nature prevailed at times an easy indolence .
- 射利の性質は怠け者に見えることがある。
- 4.They 're the national apology for indolence .
- 彼らは私たちの民族の怠け者に対する甘い顔です。
- 5.Its tendency to archaic language was tempered by the indolence of its exponents.
- その応用古語の傾向は、用語者の怠惰さによって薄れている。
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