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unfeeling

英 [?n'fi?l??] 美[?n'fil??]
  • adj. 無情的,冷酷的;無感覺的

英文詞源


unfeeling (adj.)
late Old English had unfelende, "having no sensation." Middle English had a verb unfeel "be insensible, fail to feel" (early 14c.) as well as unfeelingness "insensibility, loss of sensation," and unfeelingly "without understanding or direct knowledge" (late 14c.), and a verbal noun unfeeling "loss of sensation, lack of feeling." However the word in its main modern meaning "devoid of kindly or tender feelings" is from 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of feel (v.). Related: Unfeelingly.

雙語例句


1. The media has made unfeeling voyeurs of all of us.
媒體把我們所有人都變成了無情刺探他人隱私的人。

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2. What a cold, unfeeling woman she was.
她真是個冷酷無情的女人!

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3. He was branded an unfeeling bully.
他被說成冷酷的惡棍。

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4. It was a flippant and unfeeling remark.
這番話既輕率又無情。

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5. You might say ( someone ) is cold [ unfeeling ] , but he isn't.
道是 無情 卻有情.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》