not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings 非个人的,不受私人感情影响的,不带私人感情的 the impersonal power of a government. 政府的非个人权力。 ■(of a place or organization) large, featureless, and anonymous (场所,组织)平凡无名的 an impersonal tower block. 一幢平凡无名的塔式建筑。 ■not betraying any personal information about the user or subject 无个人特色的;看不出主题的 the room was bare, cramped, and impersonal. 房间空而狭窄,看不出个人色彩。
not existing as a person; having no personality 非人的,不具人格的 he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God. 他渐渐开始相信非人的上帝。
(Grammar)(of a verb) used only with a formal subject (in English usually it) and expressing an action not attributable to a definite subject (as in it is snowing) (语法)(动词)非人称的(英语中一般为it,如it is snowing)
派生 impersonality noun impersonally adverb 语源
late Middle English (in sense 3): from late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- 'not' + personalis (see personal)