indiscriminately

1.副詞C1

釋義

by attacking, taking, or affecting everything or everyone in a group rather than picking out specific targets, often causing harm to people who were not the intended ones.

例句

The soldiers fired indiscriminately into the crowded market in Aleppo.

verb + indiscriminately, often in violent or military contexts

Ayesha warned that cutting school budgets indiscriminately would hurt the weakest students most.

with abstract subjects: policies or actions applied without sorting

同義詞

randomly
neutral about consequences; 'indiscriminately' implies harm or carelessness
wholesale
stresses scale; common with 'condemn / reject / dismiss wholesale'
haphazardly
stresses lack of plan; less tied to violence than 'indiscriminately'
across the board
stresses 'applied to everyone equally', often in policy or pay contexts

反義詞

selectively
choosing specific targets with care
carefully
general opposite of careless action

文法句型

verb + indiscriminately

用法筆記

Strongly negative in tone. Subject is usually a weapon, policy, illness, natural force, or person carrying out a sweeping action; object or target is typically people or things that include innocent or unwanted cases. Distinguish from 'randomly', which is neutral about consequences.

常見錯誤

❌I chose a book indiscriminately from the shelf.

✅I chose a book at random from the shelf.

💡'indiscriminately' implies harm or carelessness with serious results; for a neutral random pick, use 'at random' or 'randomly'.