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

• Jackson: How can you be impassive, as if nothing had happened, when you know that he has taken away your customers?
  张三：他把你的客户抢走了，你为什么可以若无其事？
• She went out of the room with the tray, her face impassive and unchanged.
  玛贝尔端着托盘出去了，她的表情依然那么冷漠呆滞。
• He was rigid, erect, and impassive.
  他一动不动，笔直地站着，脸上毫无表情。
• 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。
• His servant was quite impassive and waited for his orders.
  仆人无动于衷，等候他的吩咐。
• As wanyne enters, he finds four impassive faces regarding him coolly.
  韦恩走进来，看见四张毫无表情的脸冷冰冰地看着他。
• He met each inquiry with an impassive countenance.
  他面无表情地接受每一个盘问。
• His face was still impassive but his voice rang like cold death.
  他的脸仍然没有表情，但他的声音听起来象冷酷的死亡。
• Michael kept his face impassive. I won't stand by and see them suffer like that.
  迈克尔的脸始终装出无动于衷的样子。我不能无动于衷，看他们受这样的罪。
• Keanu Reeves goes for the impassive Harrison Ford approach," acting "as little as possible.
  基努。里维斯像哈里森。福特一样，面无表情，尽可能地“表演”。