in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 depersonalise
- VERB 使非人化;弱化…中人的地位
To depersonalize a system or a situation means to treat it as if it did not really involve people, or to treat it as if the people involved were not really important.
- It is true that modern weaponry depersonalised war.
的确,现代武器的使用令战争非人化了。
- VERB 使非个性化;不把…视为个体看待
To depersonalize someone means to treat them as if they do not matter because their individual feelings and thoughts are not important.
- She does not feel that the book depersonalises women.
她并不觉得这本书不尊重女性的感受。