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

• Her face is impassive as she listens to Miller dictating the warrant for her arrest.
  她毫无表情地在听米勒口述拘留她的证书。
• 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。
• The defendant remained impassive as the judge sentenced him to death.
  当法官宣布被告死刑时他始终毫无表情。
• His servant was quite impassive and waited for his orders.
  仆人无动于衷，等候他的吩咐。
• 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。
• 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？”
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Its complexion changed from red, to orange, to gold, to impassive yellow.
  它的面孔由红色变成了桔红，又变成金色，最后成为沉静的黄色。