| 词汇 | soulless |
| 释义 | soulless adjective disapprovinguk /ˈsəʊl.ləs/ us /ˈsoʊl.ləs/ showing no human influence or qualities: 没有生气的;缺乏感情的 a soulless building of grey concrete毫无生气的灰色混凝土建筑 Tedious and uninspiring (as) dull as ditchwateridiom anonymous banal banally basic marginal marmoreal meh menial menially staidly stale staleness stodgily stodgy watch paint dryidiom watch the clockidiom wearisome wearisomely weary Examples of soullesssoulless It is just a painted face, pretty in a way, shallow and soulless. But then again, the soulless, alienating environments too many people inhabit are not generally the result of architectural vision either. They were replaced by a soulless, modernist sprawl. Those who rejected ' stale and soulless positivism ' in the period before 1914 were often merely extending the work of one of its most important representatives. When culture is degraded and vulgarity enthroned, when the social system does not build security but induces peril, inexorably the individual is impelled to pull away from a soulless society. This image of a soulless state, or monolithic government structure grinding down the individual will of artists and intellectuals was frequently used by the victims themselves. There will be no bulwark to prevent the expansion of the existing cities into the surrounding towns, causing ever larger and more soulless conurbations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The remainder will be cadre-ised into soulless holding battalions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What do we gain if we lose these old communities and have instead soulless conurbations for our people to live in? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreover, the new method seems a rather soulless way of going about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it was a soulless system completely uninspired by firm policy or coherent policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Planners and politicians alike have made appalling mistakes over the past 30 years, particularly in the building of tower blocks and soulless estates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps this is pent-up frustration bursting out after the greyness of a week's work which never varies in its rather soulless pattern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, her economic policies are deliberately geared to promoting self-interest, greed, selfishness and soulless materialism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless we get local direction and interest, education will become a soulless thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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