Impersonal
[ɪm'pɜːs(ə)n(ə)l] or [ɪm'pɝsnl]
解释:
(adj.) having no personal preference; 'impersonal criticism'; 'a neutral observer' .
(adj.) not relating to or responsive to individual persons; 'an impersonal corporation'; 'an impersonal remark' .
吉塞尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
(n.) That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.
校对:特伦斯
同义词及反义词：
[See PERSONAL]
校对:罗尼
解释:
adj. not having personality: (gram.) not varied according to the persons.—n. Impersonal′ity.—adv. Imper′sonally.—v.t. Imper′sonāte to invest with personality or the bodily substance of a person: to ascribe the qualities of a person to: to personify: to assume the person or character of esp. on the stage.—adj. personified.—ns. Impersonā′tion; Imper′sonātor.
卡特编辑
例句:
- The deepest revolt implied in the term syndicalism is against the impersonal, driven quality of modern industry--against the destruction of that pride which alone distinguishes work from slavery. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The drops which lashed her face were not scorpions, but prosy rain; Egdon in the mass was no monster whatever, but impersonal open ground. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- An impersonal union that leaves one free. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- There is a real impersonal me, that is beyond love, beyond any emotional relationship. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It is something much more impersonal and harder--and rarer. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- It's only you, the generous creatures, whom I envy, said Mr. Skimpole, addressing us, his new friends, in an impersonal manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- There were depths of passion when one became impersonal and indifferent, unemotional. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- But he was really impersonal, he had the fineness of an elegant piece of machinery. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- That sense of an impersonal machine going on with endless reiteration is an experience that imaginative politicians face. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- He humanizes a strange country; he is a friend at court; he represents the legitimate kindliness of government, standing between the poor and the impersonal, uninviting majesty of the law. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- If you are speaking on my behalf, I can assure you that no question can be more indifferent and impersonal to me than second marriage. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- What is anticipated is objective and impersonal; to-morrow's rain; the possibility of being run over. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- If I claim full justice for my art, it is because it is an impersonal thing--a thing beyond myself. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Ah, your poor bachelor with his impersonal club fare, alternating with the equally impersonal CUISINE of the dinner-party! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- His passion was awful to her, tense and ghastly, and impersonal, like a destruction, ultimate. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The little conflict into which they had fallen had torn their consciousness and left them like two impersonal forces, there in contact. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Yet there is a valid distinction between knowledge which is objective and impersonal, and thinking which is subjective and personal. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
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