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impassive adj.无感情的；无表情的；冷漠的；平静的 (1) 他面无表情地听着。(2) 他满足于站在旁边做一个冷漠的旁观者。(3) 他仍旧有那种心情缭乱而力自镇静的神气。 Impassive is tricky, as it sounds it should be the opposite of passive. It's not, though. The fact is you can be passive and impassive at the same time. When a passive person gets passed over for a promotion at work, their face might remain impassive upon hearing the news.

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英 [ɪm'pæsɪv] 美 [ɪm'pæsɪv] (1) He listened with an impassive face.(2) He was content to stand by as an impassive spectator.(3) He still wore the same impassive and preoccupied air. Someone who doesn't seem to react — who is always "taking a pass" in the conversation of life can be described as impassive. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]喜怒不形于色的；不露感情的；面无表情的 If someone is impassive or their face is impassive, they are not showing any emotion.   [WRITTEN 笔语]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。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。impassivelyThe lawyer looked impassively at him and said nothing.律师面无表情地看着他，什么都没说。

英语单词	impassive
英美音标	英 [ɪm'pæsɪv] 美 [ɪm'pæsɪv]
中文释义	adj.无感情的；无表情的；冷漠的；平静的
英语例句	(1) He listened with an impassive face. (2) He was content to stand by as an impassive spectator. (3) He still wore the same impassive and preoccupied air.
中文例句	(1) 他面无表情地听着。 (2) 他满足于站在旁边做一个冷漠的旁观者。 (3) 他仍旧有那种心情缭乱而力自镇静的神气。
vocabulary简明	Someone who doesn't seem to react — who is always "taking a pass" in the conversation of life can be described as impassive.
vocabulary扩展	Impassive is tricky, as it sounds it should be the opposite of passive. It's not, though. The fact is you can be passive and impassive at the same time. When a passive person gets passed over for a promotion at work, their face might remain impassive upon hearing the news.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]喜怒不形于色的；不露感情的；面无表情的 If someone is impassive or their face is impassive, they are not showing any emotion. [WRITTEN 笔语] 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。 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。 impassively The lawyer looked impassively at him and said nothing. 律师面无表情地看着他，什么都没说。

Impassive Face Passive 英 ɪm'pæsɪv] 美 ɪm'pæsɪv Adj.无感情的；无表情的；冷漠的；平静的 Listened