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

• 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。
• The old Yang still and just and outside calls what, I also have no mood to realize him, feels that kind of a reptile milli-the impassive vision going back and forth on my body.
  老痒还在外面叫着什么，我也没有心情理会他，只觉得那种爬行动物毫无感情的目光在我身上徘徊。
• Don Corleone listened like a priest in the confessional, gazing away into the distance, impassive, remote.
  堂-科利昂象个告解室里的祖父一样听着，向远处凝视着，没有表情，冷漠。
• The endless repetition and impassive intonation made it sound like a prop from a horror film.
  没完没了的重复和机械的语调让它听上去就像是恐怖片中的道具。
• The defendant remained impassive as the judge sentenced him to death.
  当法官宣布被告死刑时他始终毫无表情。
• He was content to stand by as an impassive spectator.
  他满足于站在旁边做一个冷漠的旁观者。
• His servant was quite impassive and waited for his orders.
  仆人无动于衷，等候他的吩咐。
• His face was impassive as ever, though something sober had melted into his eyes.
  跟过去一样，他仍是木无表情，但眼神变得严肃一些。
• 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？
• He met each inquiry with an impassive countenance.
  他面无表情地接受每一个盘问。