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unmoved

/uhn-moovd/US // ˌʌnˈmuvd //UK // (ʌnˈmuːvd) //

不动摇,无动于衷,不动声色,不为所动

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having no emotional response; feeling no pity, sadness, passion, enthusiasm, etc.: He came crying for help, but his family was unmoved—they were worn down from years of helping him to no avail.
    • : unchanged, especially in value or degree; remaining the same, as one’s intentions or principles: Get ready for another day of unmoved barometric pressure.After two weeks of stalled negotiations, both sides remain unmoved.
    • : having not been physically changed from one position or place to another; having been left alone: Does the number of upholstered pieces for the new house include the unmoved furniture?

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Examples

  • McConnell was unmoved, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

  • My phone sat there, unmoved, only buzzing to tell me I was running late for a drop-off, and that it was docking my payments.

  • Then-Mayor Kevin Faulconer was unmoved and City Council members who were otherwise sympathetic said it was too late to make any big changes.

  • In the lobby of the apartment building, they appear riveted but unmoved in the face of the violence.

  • Unmoved by these political concerns, the families in the Diamir Valley braced for a future without mountaineering.

  • Criminal judge Daniela Barbosa Assumpção de Souza was unmoved.

  • Many of the voters who attended the groups echoed a similar sentiment: that they were unmoved by personal attacks on Obama.

  • Yet he was unmoved by the obvious limitations that stood in his way.

  • But obstructionists are unmoved by the standard Keynesian arguments that experienced policy economists take for granted.

  • Mrs. Highcamp remained, as usual, unmoved, with her indifferent stare and uplifted eyebrows.

  • Unmoved by their cries, she looked calmly and compassionately upon the populace, without gesture or reply.

  • It is curious to reflect that these unmoved faces belong to people who would die to defend their liberty of conscience.

  • He swallowed hard, and there was a mist before his eyes—eyes that had looked unmoved on many a scene of carnage.

  • Under this passion of tears, lamentations, and maledictions Don Juan remains unmoved; he has done what he has wished.