| 释义 |
ˈcharacterless, a.
[f. character n. + -less.]
Without a character, in various senses; esp. a. without distinctive feature; b. without distinctive qualities of mind, without individuality; c. without (any testimony to) personal character.
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iii. ii. 195 Mightie States characterlesse are grated To dustie nothing. 1830Coleridge Table-t. 12 May, Shakspeare's poetry is characterless..it does not reflect the individual Shakspeare. 1864F. W. Robinson Mattie II. 78 Who went away characterless in a world ever ready to believe the worst. 1885M. Pattison Mem. i. 49 Surely no boy ever reached eighteen so..characterless as I was!
Hence ˈcharacterlessˌness.
1833Coleridge Table-t. 16 Feb., Re-introducing the characterlessness of the Greek tragedy with a chorus. 1884Seeley in Contemp. Rev. Nov. 655 A sort of cosmopolitan characterlessness marked the nation. |