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单词 neutrality
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Definition of neutrality in English:

neutrality

noun njuːˈtralɪtin(j)uˈtrælədi
mass noun
  • 1The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.

    during the war, Switzerland maintained its neutrality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Complete impartiality and neutrality are the necessary conditions for winning the trust of the conflicting sides.
    • Even the high principles of liberal internationalism, with an emphasis on the League of Nations and collective security, made neutrality problematic.
    • They also asked government workers to maintain political neutrality in the upcoming parliamentary votes.
    • The adversarial system, and the public and official neutrality of the decision makers, are closely related.
    • Despite its neutrality, Belgium was attacked by the Germans in 1914 in order to circumvent the French fortifications along the Franco-German border.
    • For anyone who sees this fact clearly, neutrality, silence or private disapproval are not options.
    • Japan concluded the Anglo-Japanese Alliance to ensure that London maintained a benevolent neutrality.
    • The claim to moral neutrality, sometimes made by strategists, is another shortcoming identified by critics.
    • In every important strike the bourgeois press is forced to drop its spurious neutrality.
    • In reality, as the conflict in Bosnia cruelly showed, neutrality can become discreditable as well as counterproductive.
    • They are opposed on a lot of grounds, but mainly out of a sense of fear for Bulgarian safety and neutrality.
    • The alleged neutrality of the UN is a fiction.
    • Moreover, the positive side to Irish neutrality, our promotion of diplomatic settlements, our proud UN peacekeeping traditions, must be maintained.
    • It also reconfirmed its anti-militarism manifest in its tiny regular army and long-standing neutrality.
    • Switzerland joined the League of Nations, whose headquarters were in Geneva, but regards membership in the UN as incompatible with its neutrality.
    • But geographic remoteness alone did not determine America's neutrality.
    • His comments were the third time in recent days where a government minister has interpreted Ireland's neutrality.
    • Our neutrality would have eliminated any need for the German submarine offensive in the Atlantic and so would have kept America out of the war too.
    • During a speech in Athens she said concerns over neutrality had been addressed at the recent EU summit in Seville.
    • Hitherto the question of neutrality or intervention had been largely theoretical.
    Synonyms
    impartiality, lack of bias, lack of prejudice, objectivity, open-mindedness, disinterestedness, even-handedness, fairness, fair-mindedness, detachment
    non-alignment, non-participation, non-involvement, non-intervention, non-interventionism, non-combativeness
  • 2Absence of decided views, expression, or strong feeling.

    the clinical neutrality of the description
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the museum, abandoning the neutrality of its public presentation may also mean a symbolic abandonment of objectivity.
    • In each trial (negative, positive and neutral), the actress used facial expressions and vocal emotional signals while talking about the toy to convey fear, happiness or neutrality.
    • The voice returns to bland neutrality.
    • Architectural projects of our day are often impudent and arrogant, and our age seems to have lost the virtue of architectural neutrality, restraint, and modesty.
  • 3The condition of being chemically or electrically neutral.

    the structure has overall electrical neutrality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A sodium ion was introduced into the system to reach overall electrical neutrality.

Definition of neutrality in US English:

neutrality

nounn(y)o͞oˈtralədēn(j)uˈtrælədi
  • 1The state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.

    during the war, Switzerland maintained its neutrality
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Switzerland joined the League of Nations, whose headquarters were in Geneva, but regards membership in the UN as incompatible with its neutrality.
    • Despite its neutrality, Belgium was attacked by the Germans in 1914 in order to circumvent the French fortifications along the Franco-German border.
    • In every important strike the bourgeois press is forced to drop its spurious neutrality.
    • In reality, as the conflict in Bosnia cruelly showed, neutrality can become discreditable as well as counterproductive.
    • They also asked government workers to maintain political neutrality in the upcoming parliamentary votes.
    • Hitherto the question of neutrality or intervention had been largely theoretical.
    • The claim to moral neutrality, sometimes made by strategists, is another shortcoming identified by critics.
    • But geographic remoteness alone did not determine America's neutrality.
    • Even the high principles of liberal internationalism, with an emphasis on the League of Nations and collective security, made neutrality problematic.
    • During a speech in Athens she said concerns over neutrality had been addressed at the recent EU summit in Seville.
    • Moreover, the positive side to Irish neutrality, our promotion of diplomatic settlements, our proud UN peacekeeping traditions, must be maintained.
    • Complete impartiality and neutrality are the necessary conditions for winning the trust of the conflicting sides.
    • For anyone who sees this fact clearly, neutrality, silence or private disapproval are not options.
    • It also reconfirmed its anti-militarism manifest in its tiny regular army and long-standing neutrality.
    • They are opposed on a lot of grounds, but mainly out of a sense of fear for Bulgarian safety and neutrality.
    • Our neutrality would have eliminated any need for the German submarine offensive in the Atlantic and so would have kept America out of the war too.
    • The adversarial system, and the public and official neutrality of the decision makers, are closely related.
    • The alleged neutrality of the UN is a fiction.
    • His comments were the third time in recent days where a government minister has interpreted Ireland's neutrality.
    • Japan concluded the Anglo-Japanese Alliance to ensure that London maintained a benevolent neutrality.
    Synonyms
    impartiality, lack of bias, lack of prejudice, objectivity, open-mindedness, disinterestedness, even-handedness, fairness, fair-mindedness, detachment
    non-alignment, non-participation, non-involvement, non-intervention, non-interventionism, non-combativeness
  • 2Absence of decided views, expression, or strong feeling.

    the clinical neutrality of the description
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the museum, abandoning the neutrality of its public presentation may also mean a symbolic abandonment of objectivity.
    • In each trial (negative, positive and neutral), the actress used facial expressions and vocal emotional signals while talking about the toy to convey fear, happiness or neutrality.
    • The voice returns to bland neutrality.
    • Architectural projects of our day are often impudent and arrogant, and our age seems to have lost the virtue of architectural neutrality, restraint, and modesty.
  • 3The condition of being chemically or electrically neutral.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A sodium ion was introduced into the system to reach overall electrical neutrality.
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