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词汇 impassive
释义 impassive
adjective
uk /ɪmˈpæs.ɪv/ us /ɪmˈpæs.ɪv/
If someone's face is impassive, it expresses no emotion, because the person seems not to be affected by the situation they are experiencing.神情冷漠的,木然的
Synonyms
deadpan
expressionless
poker-faced
stolid
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not showing or feeling emotions
anodyne
anti-sentimental
belie
bite
bite your lipidiom
frozenly
glaze
hard-bitten
hardened
icily
poker face
reserved
reservedly
sphinx-like
stiff upper lip
unmoved
unprocessed
unresponsive
unresponsively
unresponsiveness

Related words


impassively
impassivity

impassive | American Dictionary


impassive
adjective
us/ɪmˈpæs·ɪv/
not showing or feeling any emotion:
Nick kept his face impassive but his mind was racing.

impassively


adverbus/ɪmˈpæs·ɪv·li/
Even as the guilty verdict was read, he stared impassively ahead.

Examples of impassive


impassive
His long body is loose and relaxed, his arms often held at his sides, his face impassive, registering emotions only subtly.
The picture for (3a) showed a girl with a surprised face, and for (3b) a girl with an impassive face.
Imagine a third character, impassive, motionless, that looks at, that witnesses the conflict without intervening - remaining, so to speak, backstage - and we have the three principal attitudes possible on stage.
Impassive and innocuous fantasy satisfaction should not be provided on the back of the serious provision of educational material —in the broadest sense of "educational".
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He has been a kind of impassive personage throughout these debates.
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However, it does not stick that one should remain impassive and should not progress.
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Under that impassive exterior he had a very warm heart which he never paraded.
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I merely ask for a reasonable "yes or no" answer, rather than an impassive scrutiny of papers.
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It must not remain impassive in the face of cowardice and the use of religion to justify the commission of atrocities.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The international community cannot remain impassive.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
His face was just a mask, marble-like and impassive, jealously guarding the secrets of the soul within.
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Sometimes she is mysteriously impassive; we see what she's determined to do, but she sends no signals with voice or eyes to explain it.
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He was noted for his impassive demeanour on stage, which belied an expressive playing style.
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Objects around him were no longer impassive; they were ideas.
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He is an aloof, impassive, and ruthless man.
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