1
- not helping or supporting either of two opposing sides, especially states at war; impartial中立的：
during the Second World War Portugal was neutral.
二战期间, 葡萄牙保持中立。
1.1
- belonging to an impartial party, state, or group中立党派的; 中立国的; 中立团体的：
on neutral ground.
持中立立场。
1.2
- unbiased; disinterested没有偏见的; 公正的：
neutral, expert scientific advice.
公正、专业的科学建议。
2
- having no strongly marked or positive characteristics or features不确定的, 模糊的：
the tone was neutral, devoid of sentiment
语气里缺乏情感, 让人捉摸不定
a fairly neutral background.
一个相当模糊的背景。
2.1
- Chemistry neither acid nor alkaline; having a pH of about 7【化】中性的。
2.2
- electrically neither positive nor negative不带电的。
1
- an impartial and uninvolved state or person中立者; 中立国：
he acted as a neutral between the parties
他在两党间充当了中立者的角色
Sweden and its fellow neutrals.
瑞典及与其同样中立的国家。
1.1
- an unbiased person公正的人。
2
- mass noun a neutral colour or shade, especially light grey or beige非彩色（尤指浅灰或米色）。
3
- mass noun a disengaged position of gears in which the engine is disconnected from the driven parts空挡：
she slipped the gear into neutral.
她换上了空挡。
4
- an electrically neutral point, terminal, conductor, or wire不带电的接触点（或端子、导体、电线）。
派生词
neutrality
nounneutrally
adverb词源
late Middle English (as a noun)： from Latin neutralis 'of neuter gender', from Latin neuter （see NEUTER）.