| 释义 |
im·personal
I. \“+\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- in- (I) + Late Latin personalis personal — more at personal
1.
a.
(1) of a verb : not predicated of a personal or determinate subject : denoting the action of an unspecified agent and hence used with no expressed subject (as methinks) or with a merely formal subject (as is raining in it is raining)
(2) : consisting of either an indefinite pronoun and an impersonal verb (as it is raining or French on dit) or the expletive there and such a verb (as there is in there is fog ahead)
b. of a pronoun : indefinite
c. of a proposition : having an indeterminate subject
2.
a.
(1) : having no personal reference or connection : not referring or belonging to any particular person
< when I say that a belief is impersonal I mean that those desires which enter into its causation are universal human desires, and not such as are peculiar to the person in question — Bertrand Russell >
< the brightly impersonal sunshine — K.M.Dodson >
< an impersonal coat of arms >
(2) : not engaging the human personality or person
< the machine as compared with the hand tool is an impersonal agency — John Dewey >
b. : not representing or existing as a person : not having personality
< nature becomes an impersonal slave — W.H.Auden >
c. : not primarily affecting or involving the emotions of the person who has it
< an impersonal interest in law >
< the impersonal attitude of a doctor >
• im·personally \“+\ adverb
II. noun
: something impersonal; specifically : an impersonal verb |