impersonal
英 [?m'p??s(?)n(?)l]
美[?m'p?snl]
- 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
TEM4TOEFL低频词扩展词汇
词态变化
副词:?impersonally;名词:?impersonality;
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
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- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
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- 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。
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