impassive

英 [ɪmˈpæsɪv]

美 [ɪmˈpæsɪv]

adj.  无表情的; 无动于衷的; 不动声色的

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Collins.1 / BNC.16787 / COCA.18936

牛津词典

adj.

• 无表情的；无动于衷的；不动声色的
  not showing any feeling or emotion
  1. her impassive expression/face
     她冷漠的表情 / 面容

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 喜怒不形于色的;不露感情的;面无表情的
  If someone isimpassiveor their face isimpassive, they are not showing any emotion.
  1. He searched Hill's impassive face for some indication that he understood...
     他盯着希尔毫无表情的面孔，寻找着表明他已明白的些许迹象。
  2. As the foreman of the jury announced the verdict, Miss Allan remained impassive.
     陪审团主席宣布裁决时,艾伦小姐一直面无表情。

双语例句

• He was rigid, erect, and impassive.
  他一动不动，笔直地站着，脸上毫无表情。
• Her face remained impassive, studying the Belgian as he completed the form.
  她不动声色，仔细观察正在填写表格的那个比利时人。
• Michael's face was impassive when he said to his brother," you straightened out, freddie?"
  迈克尔的脸上毫无表情。他对自己的哥哥说：“弗烈特，你给教训过了，对吗？”
• His servant was quite impassive and waited for his orders.
  仆人无动于衷，等候他的吩咐。
• The impassive buyer also causes the opposition to go to extreme lengths to please.
  冷漠的买方也使对方为取悦他费尽心机。
• Don Corleone listened like a priest in the confessional, gazing away into the distance, impassive, remote.
  堂-科利昂象个告解室里的祖父一样听着，向远处凝视着，没有表情，冷漠。
• Jackson: How can you be impassive, as if nothing had happened, when you know that he has taken away your customers?
  张三：他把你的客户抢走了，你为什么可以若无其事？
• Of us all, Roger put on the most impassive front.
  在我们所有人中间，罗杰最装得若无其事。
• His face remained impassive, so strong was his self-control.
  他依然是面无表情，自控能力是如此之强。
• He was so dull at parties; a dull political campaign; a large dull impassive man; dull days with nothing to do; how dull and dreary the world is; fell back into one of her dull moods.
  他在晚会上很沉闷；沉闷的政治活动；非常沉闷、冷漠的人；无所事事的沉闷日子；这是个多么沉闷的世界呀；她的心情陷入了沉闷。