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treat sb/sth indifferently
indifferently 作方式副词，意为“冷淡地、漠不关心地”，常用于“动词 + 宾语”结构之后。
She treated the news indifferently.
她冷淡地对待这个消息。
漠不关心地；冷淡地；淡然地
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
漠不关心地；冷淡地；淡然地
with indifference; in an indifferent manner
She treated the news indifferently.
她冷淡地对待这个消息。
以漠然的方式
In an indifferent manner.
She shrugged indifferently when I told her the news.
当我告诉她这个消息时，她漠不关心地耸了耸肩。
He looked at the damaged car indifferently and walked away.
他冷淡地看着受损的汽车，然后走开了。
The waiter responded indifferently to our complaint.
服务员对我们的投诉反应冷淡。
indifferently 作方式副词，意为“冷淡地、漠不关心地”，常用于“动词 + 宾语”结构之后。
She treated the news indifferently.
她冷淡地对待这个消息。
He looked at the beggar indifferently.
他冷淡地看着乞丐。
此结构中 indifferently 也可置于句末，如 “The audience reacted to the jokes indifferently.”。
The audience reacted indifferently to the speaker's jokes.
听众冷淡地回应了演讲者的笑话。
Not this
She seemed indifferently about the news.
Use this
She seemed indifferent about the news.
seemed 是系动词，后面应接形容词作表语；indifferent（冷淡的、不关心的）是形容词，而 indifferently 是副词，不能修饰系动词。
Not this
He behaved indifferently from his classmates.
Use this
He behaved differently from his classmates.
要表达“与……不同地”应用 differently from；indifferently 意为“漠不关心地”，与 from 搭配不表达对比，属于形近词误用。
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漠不关心地耸耸肩
When I asked about the plan, he just shrugged indifferently.
当我问起那个计划时，他只是漠不关心地耸耸肩。
冷淡地看着
She looked indifferently at the mess on the floor.
她冷淡地看着地板上的狼藉。
冷淡地对待
The staff treated the complaints indifferently.
工作人员冷淡地对待这些投诉。
冷淡地回应
He responded indifferently to the news of his promotion.
他对晋升的消息反应冷淡。
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different 是“不同”，in- 是“不”；对“不同”也“不在意”，便是“冷淡地”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：书面叙述、日常对话 该词语体中性，多用于书面叙述，口语中也可使用；正式与非正式场合均可。
只有 differently 与 indifferently 真正押韵（重读音节为 /dɪfərəntli/，与 /ɪnˈdɪfərəntli/ 中从重读元音到词尾的部分相同）。其余词只是拼写相似或共享后缀 -ly/-ently，并不押韵：尤其注意 indifferent 少了 -ly，结尾是 /ənt/ 而非 /əntli/；confidently、evidently、silently、diligently 的重音和元音都不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.