Word · Frequency #18428
indiscriminately
不加区别地；不加选择地；不分青红皂白地
In an indiscriminate manner; without careful judgment or distinction.
- 1.
In an indiscriminate manner.
不加区分地；任意地。
不加区分地；任意地。；无差别；任意地; 不分青红皂白地; 滥; 不分皂白
In use
The new policy was applied indiscriminately to all employees, regardless of their performance.
He criticized the government for bombing indiscriminately and causing civilian casualties.
The charity distributed food indiscriminately among the crowd, without checking who was most in need.
verb + indiscriminately
indiscriminately 置于动词之后，修饰动作的方式。
The government should not use force indiscriminately.
政府不应无差别地使用武力。
indiscriminately + verb
有时也放在动词前，强调方式。
They indiscriminately attacked anyone in sight.
他们无区别地攻击任何视线之内的人。
be + indiscriminately + past participle
被动结构，表示动作的承受者被任意对待。
These chemicals are indiscriminately used in agriculture.
这些化学物质在农业中被无差别地使用。
Common mistakes
He made an indiscriminately choice.He made an indiscriminate choice.
indiscriminately是副词，不能直接修饰名词，应使用形容词indiscriminate。
The soldiers fired indiscriminate at the crowd.The soldiers fired indiscriminately at the crowd.
动词fired后需要副词修饰，indiscriminate是形容词，应改为副词indiscriminately。
Connections
Collocations
- fire indiscriminately
- 不分青红皂白地开火
- The soldiers were ordered not to fire indiscriminately at civilians.士兵们被命令不得向平民不分青红皂白地开火。
- kill indiscriminately
- 不分对象地杀戮
- The virus can kill indiscriminately, affecting both the young and the old.这种病毒可以不分对象地杀人，无论老少都会感染。
- apply indiscriminately
- 不加区别地适用
- You cannot apply the same rule indiscriminately to every situation.你不能不加区别地把同一条规则套用到所有情况。
- use indiscriminately
- 不加选择地使用
- He was criticized for using antibiotics indiscriminately.他因不加选择地使用抗生素而受到批评。
- attack indiscriminately
- 不分目标地攻击
- The gunman attacked indiscriminately in the crowded square.枪手在拥挤的广场上不分目标地攻击。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：in（不）+ discriminate（区分）+ ly，不区分好坏、一律乱来，就是“不分青红皂白地”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：news articles、legal documents、academic papers 该词通常用于正式或书面语境（如新闻报道、法律文书或学术写作），表示“不加区分地、任意地”。日常口语中更常说 randomly，语气更随意。
Grammar Note
常用于描述行为的不加区分，负面含义
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见的单词与 indiscriminately（/ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnətli/）押韵。下列单词都含有相同的拼写后缀 -ately，但重音和前面的元音不同，所以都不押韵；例如 separately 读作 /ˈsepərətli/，与 /ˌɪndɪˈskrɪmɪnətli/ 并不押韵。注意 -ately 在这些词中都读 /ətli/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.