Impersonal
[ɪm'pɜːs(ə)n(ə)l] or [ɪm'pɝsnl]
解釋/意思:
(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' .
吉塞尔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality.
(n.) That which wants personality; specifically (Gram.), an impersonal verb.
校對:特伦斯
同義詞及反義詞：
[See PERSONAL]
校對:罗尼
解釋/意思:
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.
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例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The drops which lashed her face were not scorpions, but prosy rain; Egdon in the mass was no monster whatever, but impersonal open ground. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- An impersonal union that leaves one free. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- There is a real impersonal me, that is beyond love, beyond any emotional relationship. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It is something much more impersonal and harder--and rarer. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It's only you, the generous creatures, whom I envy, said Mr. Skimpole, addressing us, his new friends, in an impersonal manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- There were depths of passion when one became impersonal and indifferent, unemotional. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But he was really impersonal, he had the fineness of an elegant piece of machinery. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- That sense of an impersonal machine going on with endless reiteration is an experience that imaginative politicians face. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- 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. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- What is anticipated is objective and impersonal; to-morrow's rain; the possibility of being run over. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- If I claim full justice for my art, it is because it is an impersonal thing--a thing beyond myself. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Ah, your poor bachelor with his impersonal club fare, alternating with the equally impersonal CUISINE of the dinner-party! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- His passion was awful to her, tense and ghastly, and impersonal, like a destruction, ultimate. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The little conflict into which they had fallen had torn their consciousness and left them like two impersonal forces, there in contact. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Yet there is a valid distinction between knowledge which is objective and impersonal, and thinking which is subjective and personal. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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