disinterested
英 [dɪs'ɪnt(ə)rɪstɪd]
美 [dɪs'ɪntərɪsɪd]
- adj. 無私的；公正的；冷漠的；廉潔的
- v. 使不再有利害關係；使無興趣（disinterest的過去分詞）
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The current sole superpower is far from being a disinterested observer.
- 當前唯一的超級大國遠不是一個公正的旁觀者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Lili had clearly regained her appetite but Doran was disinterested in food.
- 莉莉顯然已經恢複了食欲，但多蘭卻提不起胃口。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Such benevolence, however, was not completely disinterested.
- 然而這樣的善舉並非完全出於大公無私。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We had both become jaded, disinterested, and disillusioned.
- 我們倆都已經倦了，膩了，也死心了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He is impartial and disinterested.
- 他公正無私.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》