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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The rest of the room was neat and impersonal.
房間的其余部分整潔干凈，不帶任何的個(gè)人色彩。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The health service has been criticized for being too impersonal.
公共醫(yī)療衛(wèi)生服務(wù)一向被指責(zé)缺乏人情味。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Before then many children were cared for in large impersonal orphanages.
在那之前，許多孩子被安置在一個(gè)缺乏人情味的大孤兒院里。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with his knife.
我們必須像外科醫(yī)生拿手術(shù)刀時(shí)一樣冷靜客觀，不受任何感情影響。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. History reduces the carnage to impersonal numbers.