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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++im·per·son·al /ɪmˈpɜːsənəl $ -ɜːr-/ adjective 1 UNFRIENDLYnot showing any feelings of sympathy, friendliness etc 没有人情味的；冷漠的 Business letters do not have to be impersonal and formal. 商业信函并非一定要刻板而缺乏人情味。 Sometimes she seems a very impersonal, even unkind, mother. 有时她看起来是一个非常冷漠的母亲，甚至有些刻薄。► see thesaurus at unfriendly2 PRIVATE/NON-GOVERNMENTa place or situation that is impersonal does not make people feel that they are important 〔地方或情况〕没有人情味的；冷淡的 I hate staying in hotels; they’re so impersonal. 我不喜欢住酒店，那里缺乏人情味。 a formal and impersonal style of management 一种刻板的、缺乏人情味的管理风格3. technicalSLG in grammar, an impersonal sentence or verb is one where the subject is represented by ‘it’ or ‘there’, as in the sentence ‘It rained all day’ 〔语法中〕非人称的，无人称的〔指句子或动词的主语是it或there，如 It rained all day〕 —impersonally adverbExamples from the Corpus
impersonal• Just signing your name on a Christmas card seems too impersonal.• The Church has been criticized for being too big and impersonal.• They just handed over the keys and walked out - it was all so impersonal.• Chid's letters are absolutely impersonal.• He was methodical, almost impersonal.• I had hoped that the cool impersonal air in the Saltine Motel Restaurant would bring me to my senses.• The house felt as if it had been converted to institutional use, someplace impersonal and chill.• The whole thing was conducted on an impersonal level.• I had no desire to work for a large, impersonal organization.• It was an impersonal system; it made no difference who you were, so long as you could master its rules.• Bawdiness has been toned down and feasting reduced to sadly impersonal uniformity.• There are fewer beautiful people out there who want to get up close and impersonal with us.im·per·son·al adjectiveChineseSyllable
any showing feelings of etc not sympathy, Corpus friendliness
impersonal
im‧per‧son‧al /ɪmˈpɜːsənəl $ -ɜːr-/
adjective
Business letters do not have to be impersonal and formal.
Sometimes she seems a very impersonal, even unkind, mother.
2. a place or situation that is impersonal does not make people feel that they are important:
I hate staying in hotels; they’re so impersonal.
a formal and impersonal style of management
3. technical in grammar, an impersonal sentence or verb is one where the subject is represented by ‘it’ or ‘there’, as in the sentence ‘It rained all day’
—impersonally adverb
■ place/organization
▪unfriendly making you feel as though you are not wanted: The report found that the Church can seem unfriendly to outsiders.
▪unwelcoming unfriendly - used especially about the physical characteristics or appearance of something: The entrance to the factory is cold, bare, and unwelcoming. | The new fence is just one example of the city’s attempt to make public spaces unwelcoming to the homeless.
▪impersonal lacking the normal friendly relations between people who work or do business together: I had no desire to work for a large impersonal organization. | They just handed over the keys and walked out – it was all so impersonal.
▪forbidding unfriendly, uncomfortable, and a little frightening, so that you do not want to go there: The school was a rather forbidding building surrounded by a high steel fence.
im‧per‧son‧al /ɪmˈpɜːsənəl $ -ɜːr-/
adjective Word Family: noun: person, personality, persona, personage, the personals, personification, personnel; adjective: personal ≠ impersonal, personalized, personable; verb: personalize, personify; adverb: personally ≠ impersonally
1. not showing any feelings of sympathy, friendliness etc: 2. a place or situation that is impersonal does not make people feel that they are important:
3. technical in grammar, an impersonal sentence or verb is one where the subject is represented by ‘it’ or ‘there’, as in the sentence ‘It rained all day’
—impersonally adverb
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Giving opinions using impersonal language 用客观的语言发表意见
◆ It is vital that more is done to prevent the illegal trade in wild animals.应进一步阻止非法买卖野生动物的行为，这一点至关重要。 Compare 比较： ◆ We have to do more to stop people trading wild animals illegally. 我们必须进一步阻止人们非法买卖野生动物。 ◆ It is clear that more needs to be done to protect biodiversity.显然，应进一步保护生物多样性。 Compare 比较： ◆ We clearly need to do more to protect biodiversity. 很明显，我们需要进一步保护生物多样性。 ◆ It is unfortunate that the practice of keeping monkeys as pets still continues.不幸的是，将猴子当宠物饲养的做法仍在持续。 Compare 比较： ◆ It's absolutely terrible that people still keep monkeys as pets. 非常糟糕的是有人仍将猴子当宠物饲养。 ◆ It is difficult for many peopleto understand the reasons why certain individuals choose to hunt animals for sport.许多人都难以理解为什么有些人选择捕猎作为消遣。 Compare 比较： ◆ I can't understand why anyone would want to kill animals for fun. 我不明白为什么有人会以猎杀动物为乐。 ◆ Unfortunately, it would seem that not enough is being done to support tiger conservation.遗憾的是，在保护老虎方面给予的支持似乎还不够。 Compare 比较： ◆ Governments aren't doing enough to help tiger conservation. 政府没有采取足够措施促进对老虎的保护。 ◆ There is no doubt that the greatest threat to polar bears comes from global warming.毫无疑问，对北极熊的最大威胁是全球变暖。 Compare 比较： ◆ I believe that the greatest threat… 我认为最大的威胁…