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impassively

/im-pas-iv/US // ɪmˈpæs ɪv //UK // (ɪmˈpæsɪv) //

无动于衷地,无动于衷,无精打采地,无表情地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
    • : calm; serene.
    • : unconscious; insensible.
    • : not subject to suffering.

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Examples

  • The Israeli soldiers, my age, sat impassively on a bench while babies cried and a man complained about gratuitous humiliation.

  • In 2007, Mike Huckabee stood impassively on a Republican presidential debate stage while Mitt Romney tried to embarrass him.

  • Some of these attacks have been videotaped in a manner that suggests Israeli forces on the scene stood by impassively.

  • They both stood charged as adults and faced the judge as impassively as if it were all just what was to be expected.

  • He was fanning himself impassively with a little fan of gold-embroidered strawwork.

  • The latter said impassively: "If I cared for her I should very likely kill her—if not—" he shrugged his shoulders.

  • Within, the editor worked on as steadily and impassively as Fate.

  • But she had moved slightly away from him and was now regarding him impassively.

  • One of them swung impassively toward the battery; there were three quick stabs of living flame, and the guns ceased firing.