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detachment

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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de·tach·ment /dɪˈtætʃmənt/ noun  1 [uncountable]EMOTIONAL# the state of not reacting to or being involved in something in an emotional way 冷静,超然,客观 OPP involvementdetachment from He felt a sense of detachment from what was happening around him. 他对周围发生的一切有一种超然的感觉。2. [countable]PMA a group of soldiers who are sent away from a larger group to do a special job 分遣队,支队3 [singular, uncountable] formal when something becomes separated from something else 分离,脱离detachment of detachment of the retina 视网膜脱落
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detachmentDad approached the business of agriculture with the zeal and detachment of a scientist.It is compatible with the canon of artistic detachment, but it can cause controversy.Affluent people tend to look upon illiteracy with comfortable detachment.Doctors need to have some degree of emotional detachment.Elias noted that to adopt this approach in our work requires a special effort of detachment.Eochaid and his fifty horsemen had overcome the special detachment from Leven and were safely inside the monastery.Such detachment models predict that two types of passive margin will be produced by continental rupture.She looks at the three hands with detachment, as if they are a still life.detachment fromSeveral people reported a sense of detachment from their bodies after taking the drug.
de·tach·ment nounChineseSyllable
the to Corpus state not being of reacting or


detachment
detachment /dɪˈtætʃmənt/ noun
 Word Family: noun: attachment, detachment; adjective: attached ≠ unattacheddetached, detachable; verb: attachdetach
1. [uncountable] the state of not reacting to or being involved in something in an emotional way
   OPP  involvement
    detachment from
    He felt a sense of detachment from what was happening around him.
2. [countable] a group of soldiers who are sent away from a larger group to do a special job
3. [singular, uncountable] formal when something becomes separated from something else
    detachment of
    detachment of the retina


de·tach·mentBrE /dɪˈtætʃmənt/ 🔊NAmE /dɪˈtætʃmənt/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the state of not being involved in sth in an emotional or personal way 超然;超脱;冷漠He answered with an air of detachment. 他回答时带着冷漠的神态。🔊🔊She felt a sense of detachment from what was going on. 她对眼前发生的事感到很超然。🔊🔊 OPP involvement [uncountable] (approving) the state of not being influenced by other people or by your own feelings 公正;客观;独立In judging these issues a degree of critical detachment is required. 在裁决这些争议时须要有一定程度的公正判断力。🔊🔊 [countable] a group of soldiers, ships, etc. sent away from a larger group, especially to do special duties 分遣队;支队;特遣小分队a detachment of artillery炮兵支队 [uncountable] the act of detaching sth; the process of being detached from sth 拆卸;分离;分遣to suffer detachment of the retina出现视网膜脱落