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unfeeling

英[ʌn'fiːlɪŋ] 美[ʌn'filɪŋ]
  • adj. 无情的,冷酷的;无感觉的

英文词源


unfeeling (adj.)
late Old English had unfelende, "having no sensation." Middle English had a verb unfeel "be insensible, fail to feel" (early 14c.) as well as unfeelingness "insensibility, loss of sensation," and unfeelingly "without understanding or direct knowledge" (late 14c.), and a verbal noun unfeeling "loss of sensation, lack of feeling." However the word in its main modern meaning "devoid of kindly or tender feelings" is from 1590s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of feel (v.). Related: Unfeelingly.

双语例句


1. The media has made unfeeling voyeurs of all of us.
媒体把我们所有人都变成了无情刺探他人隐私的人。

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2. What a cold, unfeeling woman she was.
她真是个冷酷无情的女人!

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3. He was branded an unfeeling bully.
他被说成冷酷的恶棍。

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4. It was a flippant and unfeeling remark.
这番话既轻率又无情。

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5. You might say ( someone ) is cold [ unfeeling ] , but he isn't.
道是 无情 却有情.

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