insensible

insensible
adjective
  1. [usu. as complement]without one's mental faculties, typically a result of violence or intoxication; unconscious
    (尤指因暴力、中毒)失去知觉的,不省人事的
    they knocked each other insensible with their fists.
    他们用拳头把对方击得失去知觉。
    insensible with drink.
    喝酒喝得不省人事。
    ■(especially of a body or bodily extremity) numb ; without feeling
    (尤指身体、肢体末端)麻木的;无感觉的
    the horny and insensible tip of the beak.
    角质的无感觉喙端。
  2. [predic.](insensible of/to)unaware of; indifferent to
    (对…)毫无察觉的;漠不关心的
    they slept on, insensible to the headlight beams.
    他们继续睡着,不去理会前灯的光束。
    ■without emotion; callous
    无情的;冷酷的
  3. too small or gradual to be perceived; inappreciable
    不被察觉的;微不可辨的
    varying by insensible degrees.
    以不被察觉的程度改变。
派生
insensibly
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English (also in the senses 'unable to be perceived' and 'incapable of physical sensation'): partly from Old French insensible (from Latin insensibilis, from in- 'not' + sensibilis, from sensus 'sense'), partly from in- 'not' + sensible
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