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

• As to Chinese immigrants, he spoke in a stiff and impassive manner and emphasized that Chinese laborers should be excluded strictly.
  对中国移民，他态度生硬、冷漠，强调要严格排斥劳工；
• Murray swallowed briefly on hearing the verdict but otherwise looked impassive.
  穆雷在听审判结果时咽了咽口水但是看上去却非常平静。
• 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？”
• 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。
• 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。
• Her face remains impassive as she reloads.
  当她重新安装子弹时，仍然面不改色。
• Michael kept his face impassive. I won't stand by and see them suffer like that.
  迈克尔的脸始终装出无动于衷的样子。我不能无动于衷，看他们受这样的罪。
• 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。
• The old Yang still and just and outside calls what, I also have no mood to realize him, feels that kind of a reptile milli-the impassive vision going back and forth on my body.
  老痒还在外面叫着什么，我也没有心情理会他，只觉得那种爬行动物毫无感情的目光在我身上徘徊。
• She went out of the room with the tray, her face impassive and unchanged.
  玛贝尔端着托盘出去了，她的表情依然那么冷漠呆滞。