mid-15c., a grammatical term, from Late Latin impersonalis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + personalis "personal" (see personal). Sense of "not connected with any person" is from 1620s; that of "not endowed with personality" is from 1842. Related: impersonally.
双语例句
1. The rest of the room was neat and impersonal.
房间的其余部分整洁干净，不带任何的个人色彩。
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2. The health service has been criticized for being too impersonal.
公共医疗卫生服务一向被指责缺乏人情味。
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3. Before then many children were cared for in large impersonal orphanages.
在那之前，许多孩子被安置在一个缺乏人情味的大孤儿院里。
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4. We must be as impersonal as a surgeon with his knife.
我们必须像外科医生拿手术刀时一样冷静客观，不受任何感情影响。
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5. History reduces the carnage to impersonal numbers.
