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，不帶任何的個人色彩。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The health service has been criticized for being too impersonal.
公共醫療衛生服務一向被指責缺乏人情味。
來自柯林斯例句
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缺乏人情味的大孤兒院里。
來自柯林斯例句
4. We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with his knife.
我們必須像外科醫生拿手術刀時一樣冷靜客觀，不受任何感情影響。
來自柯林斯例句
5. History reduces the carnage to impersonal numbers.