英语单词

impersonal是什么意思

impersonal

英 [ɪm'pɜːs(ə)n(ə)l] 美 [ɪm'pɝsnl]
  • 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

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。

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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。

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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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