insensibility
/ɪnˌsensəˈbɪlətɪ/noun
mass noun
1- unconsciousness无意识, 意识不清:
I flogged him into insensibility
我鞭打得他失去知觉。
1.1
- inability to feel something, especially to be moved emotionally无情, 麻木。
1.2
- lack of awareness or concern; indifference不注意; 不关心; 冷漠, 冷淡:
your insensibility to the extreme importance of the mission we are on.
你对我们使命的极端重要性表现出的冷淡。
词源
late Middle English: partly from Old French insensibilite or late Latin insensibilitas (from in- 'not' + Latin sensibilis 'sensible', from sensus 'sense'), partly from IN-1 'without, lacking' +SENSIBILITY.