impersonal
英 [?m'p??s(?)n(?)l]
美[?m'p?snl]
- adj. 客觀的；非個人的；沒有人情味的；非人稱的
- n. 非人稱動詞；不具人格的事物
TEM4TOEFL低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
副詞:?impersonally;名詞:?impersonality;
中文詞源
impersonal 沒人情味的，客觀的
im-,不，非，personal,人的，人情味的。引申詞義客觀的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The rest of the room was neat and impersonal.
- 房間的其余部分整潔干凈，不帶任何的個人色彩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The health service has been criticized for being too impersonal.
- 公共醫療衛生服務一向被指責缺乏人情味。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Before then many children were cared for in large impersonal orphanages.
- 在那之前，許多孩子被安置在一個缺乏人情味的大孤兒院里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with his knife.
- 我們必須像外科醫生拿手術刀時一樣冷靜客觀，不受任何感情影響。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. History reduces the carnage to impersonal numbers.
- 歷史敘述把大屠殺簡縮成了冷冰冰的數字。
來自柯林斯例句