impersonal

英 [ɪmˈpɜːsənl] 美 [ɪmˈpɜːrsənl]

adj.  缺乏人情味的; 冷淡的; 非指个人的; 客观的; (动词或句子)无人称的,非人称的

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牛津词典

adj.

  1. 缺乏人情味的;冷淡的
    lacking friendly human feelings or atmosphere; making you feel unimportant
    1. a vast impersonal organization
      庞大而不讲人情的组织
    2. an impersonal hotel room
      冷冰冰的旅馆房间
    3. Business letters need not be formal and impersonal.
      商业信函不一定就得刻板而缺乏人情味。
    4. a cold impersonal stare
      冷漠的凝视
  2. 非指个人的;客观的
    not referring to any particular person
    1. Let's keep the criticism general and impersonal.
      让我们作泛泛的批评,不要针对个人。
  3. (动词或句子)无人称的,非人称的
    an impersonal verb or sentence has ‘it’ or ‘there’ as the subject

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ-GRADED 没有人情味的;冷淡的
      If you describe a place, organization, or activity as impersonal, you mean that it is not very friendly and makes you feel unimportant because it involves or is used by a large number of people.
      1. 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。
      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。
    2. ADJ-GRADED 客观的;不受个人感情(或偏见)影响的
      If you describe someone's behaviour as impersonal, you mean that they do not show any emotion about the person they are dealing with.
      1. 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。
      2. I gave Coe an impersonal stare.
        我不带任何感情地盯着科。
    3. ADJ-GRADED 非个人的;不带个人色彩的
      An impersonal room or statistic does not give any information about the character of the person to whom it belongs or relates.
      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。
      2. 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。

    双语例句

    1. 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。
    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。
    3. 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。
    4. I gave Coe an impersonal stare.
      我不带任何感情地盯着科。
    5. 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。
    6. By no stretch of the imagination could his speech be described as impersonal.
      他的演讲再怎么说也不缺乏人情味。
    7. The Chinese expression "of virtue" is unreasonable, just as impersonal as the law is a rigid measure.
      中国人的“忠孝节义”是不讲道理的,就象法律那样不讲人情,是一个僵硬的衡量标准。
    8. In many international business negotiations abroad, Americans are perceived as wealthy and impersonal.
      在国外的国际商务谈判中,美国人被视为富有和不带个人情感。
    9. We can see this in impersonal phrases as acts occurred to place happened.
      我们可以在一些表示事件发生的句子中,看到这种现象。
    10. Nevertheless, an impersonal game losses its core value.
      然而,一个非人性化的游戏失去了它的真正价值。
    11. But you are also fully entitled to the one impersonal Truth.
      但是你对一个不争的真理也完全有着拥有权。
    12. Sight and sound and touch are bound up with our own bodies and cannot be made impersonal.
      我们的视觉、听觉和触觉是和身体连在一起的,不可能不受个人感情的影响。
    13. When there is love it is personal and impersonal, with and without an object.
      当有了爱,它就既是个人的也是非个人的,既有又没有一个对象。
    14. He made an impersonal comment on the incident.
      他对那一事件作了客观的评论。
    15. They are used in impersonal and official situations.
      这两个词均用於客观的及公事的场合。
    16. It is impersonal imagination and artistic delight.
      是客观想像和艺术的愉悦感。
    17. Business letters do not always have to be impersonal and formal.
      商务信函并非总是没有人情味且十分正式的。
    18. She had an impersonal attitude towards her students.
      她对学生抱客观的态度。
    19. The emotion of art is impersonal.
      艺术的情感是无我的。
    20. And we saw the human face of people struggling to cope with these seemingly impersonal forces.
      而且,我们看到挣扎应对这些似乎非人力所为的人们的面孔。
    21. Memos, letters and faxes are too impersonal.
      备忘录、信函和传真件都太无人情味。
    22. Mr jones: suppermarkets and hypermarkets are so impersonal.
      琼斯先生:超级市场和超大型的超市都是非个人的。
    23. But then you lack the impersonal viewpoint.
      这样一来你就不易客观地看问题了。
    24. Well, I would even question the existence of paternalism and impersonal love and the love of a couple because you are saying that children are regarding the adults as having the authority.
      我甚至会怀疑,家长作风和客观的爱,和夫妻之间的爱,因为你说孩子,认为成人有权威。
    25. But in the more expressive societies of southern europe, such behavior be considered cold and impersonal.
      但在感情丰富的南欧人看来,这种行为会被认为是冷酷和不近人情的。
    26. Banking has become increasingly impersonal due to the introduction of computerized systems.
      银行由于引进了电子计算机应用系统后而变得更为非人格化了。
    27. A psychic gestalt may seem impersonal to you, but its energy forms your person.
      心灵的完形可能在你看来是非个人的,但它的能量形成了你的人。
    28. Analyzing elaborate and impersonal feasibility of system execute through technology, economic and operation.
      对系统实施的可行性方面,从技术上、经济上和实际操作上进行了客观详尽的分析。
    29. I hate dealing with large impersonal companies.
      我讨厌与那些没有人情味的大公司打交道。

    同义词辨析

      impersonal aloof apathetic cold cool indifferent【导航词义:不带感情的】

      impersonal adj. 冷漠的

    〔辨析〕指没有人情味、不友好的。

    〔例证〕
    Most of the letters from her were impersonal and formal.
    她的来信多数都是既没有人情味又模式化的。
    All his colleagues knew him as an impersonal man.
    他的同事们都知道他是一个冷漠的人。

      aloof adj. 冷漠的,疏远的

    〔辨析〕指主观上不愿意和别人多说话的,强调不合群,含不友好之意,通常作表语,常后接介词 from。

    〔例证〕
    She is so aloof.
    她很不合群。
    He is a man who stays aloof from his neighbours.
    他这个人一直和邻居很疏远。
    She has few friends due to her aloof exterior.
    她外表冷漠,因此几乎没什么朋友。

      apathetic adj. 冷淡的,无动于衷的

    〔辨析〕指对某事物或某种状况不感兴趣、不愿努力作出改变的。

    〔例证〕
    He became apathetic after his failure.
    他失败后变得很冷漠。
    She feels too apathetic to even move.
    她毫无兴趣,甚至连动都不想动。

      cold adj. 冷漠的,冷淡的

    〔辨析〕指没有同情心、幽默感等正常的情感且待人不友善的。

    〔例证〕
    She is always cold to others.
    她对人总是冷冰冰的。
    His voice was so cold that she didn't have the guts to tell him the truth.
    他的声音冷冰冰的,致使她不敢告诉他真相。
    She was cold towards everyone at the party.
    她在聚会上对每一个人都很冷淡。

      cool adj. 冷漠的,冷淡的

    〔辨析〕指不友好的,也可指没有兴趣或热情的。

    〔例证〕
    a cool ruthless manner
    冷漠无情的态度
    The president received a cool welcome when he visited Japan.
    总统访问日本时受到了冷遇。

      indifferent adj. 不在乎的,不关心的

    〔辨析〕指对某人或某事物漠不关心、毫无兴趣的,常后接介词 to。

    〔例证〕
    Nobody knew why she was so indifferent to him.
    没人明白她为什么对他这么冷淡。
    She was absolutely indifferent to this topic.
    她对这个话题完全没兴趣。
    He is indifferent to the girls around him.
    他对周围的女孩们毫不在意。

    英英释义

    adj

    1. having no personal preference
      1. impersonal criticism
      2. a neutral observer

      Synonym:    neutral

    2. not relating to or responsive to individual persons
      1. an impersonal corporation
      2. an impersonal remark