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Dispassionate People Job Study Natural Di'spæʃ(ə)Nət Adj.冷静的,不带感情的,平心静气的 Describes

英语单词 dispassionate
英美音标 [di'spæʃ(ə)nət]
中文释义 adj.冷静的,不带感情的,平心静气的
vocab简明 Dispassionate describes someone who is not getting carried away by—or maybe not even having—feelings. It's something you'd want to see in a surgeon, who keeps cool under pressure, but not in a romantic partner.
vocab扩展 Dispassionate is the opposite of passionate, and while passions are said to run "hot," dispassionate people are often described as "cold." A city marshal whose job is it to evict people behind on their rents must conduct their job with dispassionate fairness, but still, no one wants to be their friend.
真题原句 Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry which seeks to study humans and their endeavors in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassionate manner that natural scientists use for the study of natural phenomena.
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不动感情的;不带偏见的 Someone who is dispassionate is calm and reasonable, and not affected by emotions.
  • We, as prosecutors, try to be dispassionate about the cases we bring...

    作为检察官,我们对经手的案件会尽力做到不偏不倚。

  • He spoke in the flat, dispassionate tone of a lecturer.

    他以一个讲师般平板、不动感情的口吻说话。

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  • He sets out the facts coolly and dispassionately.

    他冷静、客观地摆出了事实。

来源 2003.6

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