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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

impersonal [ɪm'pəːsənl]
  1. 1. adjective [+place, organization] 没人情味的
  2. 2. adjective [+basis] (objective) 客观的

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

impersonal [ɪm 'pɝsnl] [ɪm 'pəːsnl]
  1. 1. adjective 非个人的；尤指：与某一个人无关的；非特指某一个人的
    an impersonal comment
    不是针对某一个人的评论
  2. 2. adjective 非个人的；尤指：无人格的，不具人格的，与人力无关系的
    an impersonal force
    非人力(指自然力等)
  3. 3. adjective [grammar] 非人称的(英语中的非人称的动词通常用it作主语，如：It is snowing；下雪了）
    It is snowing.
    下雪了。
  4. 4. adjective [grammar] 无人称的，非人称的（指代词）
  5. 5. noun [grammar] 无人称动词，非人称动词；无人称代词，非人称代词

Collins English-English Dictionary

impersonal [ɪm'p3ːsənəl]
  1. 1. adj without reference to any individual person; objective
    an impersonal assessment
  2. 2. adj devoid of human warmth or sympathy; cold
    an impersonal manner
  3. 3. adj not having human characteristics
    an impersonal God
  4. 4. adj [grammar] (of a verb) having no logical subject. Usually in English the pronoun it is used in such cases as a grammatical subject, as for example in It is raining
  5. 5. adj [grammar] (of a pronoun) not denoting a person
See more results for impersonal in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

an impersonal comment
不是针对某一个人的评论 → impersonal
an impersonal force
非人力(指自然力等) → impersonal
an impersonal assessment → impersonal
an impersonal manner → impersonal
an impersonal God → impersonal

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