impersonal
/ɪmˈpɜːsənəl/adjective
1
- not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings非个人的, 不受私人感情影响的, 不带私人感情的：
the impersonal power of a government.
政府的非个人权力。
1.1
- (of a place or organization) large, featureless, and anonymous（场所, 组织）平凡无名的, 无特色的：
an impersonal tower block.
一排无特色的高层建筑。
1.2
- not betraying any personal information about the user or subject无个人特色的; 看不出主题的：
the room was bare, cramped, and impersonal.
房间空而狭窄, 看不出个人色彩。
2
- not existing as a person; having no personality不以人的形式存在的, 不具人格的：
he gradually came to believe in an impersonal God.
他渐渐开始相信一个不具人形的上帝。
3
- Grammar (of a verb) used only with a formal subject (in English usually it) and expressing an action not attributable to a definite subject (as in it is snowing)【语法】（动词）非人称的（英语中一般为it, 如it is snowing）。
派生词
impersonality
nounimpersonally
adverb词源
late Middle English (in sense 3)： from late Latin impersonalis, from Latin in- 'not' + personalis （see PERSONAL）.