英语单词

disinterested是什么意思

disinterested

英 [dɪs'ɪnt(ə)rɪstɪd] 美 [dɪs'ɪntərɪsɪd]
  • adj. 无私的;公正的;冷漠的;廉洁的
  • v. 使不再有利害关系;使无兴趣(disinterest的过去分词)

英文词源


disinterested (adj.)
1610s, "unconcerned," the sense we now would ascribe to uninterested, with the sense of "impartial" going to disinteressed (c. 1600). See dis- + interest. Modern sense of disinterested is first attested 1650s. As things now stand, disinterested means "free from personal bias," while uninterested means "caring nothing for the matter in question." Related: Disinterestedly; disinterestedness.

双语例句


1. The current sole superpower is far from being a disinterested observer.
当前唯一的超级大国远不是一个公正的旁观者。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Lili had clearly regained her appetite but Doran was disinterested in food.
莉莉显然已经恢复了食欲,但多兰却提不起胃口。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Such benevolence, however, was not completely disinterested.
然而这样的善举并非完全出于大公无私。

来自柯林斯例句

4. We had both become jaded, disinterested, and disillusioned.
我们俩都已经倦了,腻了,也死心了。

来自柯林斯例句

5. He is impartial and disinterested.
他公正无私.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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