impersonal
英 [ɪmˈpɜː.sən.əl]
美 [ɪmˈpɝː.sən.əl]
- adj. 客观的;非个人的;没有人情味的;非人称的
- n. 非人称动词;不具人格的事物
impersonal 没人情味的,客观的im-,不,非,personal,人的,人情味的。引申词义客观的。
- impersonal (adj.)
- mid-15c., a grammatical term, from Late Latin impersonalis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + personalis "personal" (see personal). Sense of "not connected with any person" is from 1620s; that of "not endowed with personality" is from 1842. Related: impersonally.
- 1. The rest of the room was neat and impersonal.
- 房间的其余部分整洁干净,不带任何的个人色彩。
- 2. The health service has been criticized for being too impersonal.
- 公共医疗卫生服务一向被指责缺乏人情味。
- 3. Before then many children were cared for in large impersonal orphanages.
- 在那之前,许多孩子被安置在一个缺乏人情味的大孤儿院里。
- 4. We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with his knife.
- 我们必须像外科医生拿手术刀时一样冷静客观,不受任何感情影响。
- 5. History reduces the carnage to impersonal numbers.
- 历史叙述把大屠杀简缩成了冷冰冰的数字。