单词 | impersonally |
释义 | impersonallyadv. 1. Grammar. With an impersonal pronoun, form, or construction; as an impersonal verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adverb] > other spec. impersonallya1504 activelyc1525 transitivelyc1525 participially1632 statively1889 a1504 J. Holt Lac Puerorum (1508) iii. sig. G.iiii With this verbe est. sette impersonally, & that that semeth to be the nominatyf shalbe the datyf, as the kynge it is to fyght. 1580 Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) To Rdr. sig. A.vii Adiect. noteth a word Adiectiuelie taken:..Imper. Impersonallie taken. 1647 N. Hardy Justice Triumphing 8 Learned Maius renders the participle impersonally cognitum est it is knowne, tried, experienced truth. 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) (at cited word) The Verb Rain is used impersonally. 1828 Art of Lat. Poetry 77 The verb est is often put impersonally with an infinitive by the poets. 1870 R. C. Jebb Sophocles' Electra (ed. 2) 152/2 Aegisthus used πάρεστι impersonally = licetne? 1921 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 6 63 For example, in the sentence II est facile de faire cela, the de would be accounted for by the fact that être is used impersonally and is followed by an adjective. 2005 C. Boscolo Upgrade Your Ital. 53 Unlike the English verb to like, piacere is constructed impersonally: instead of saying ‘I like this town’, you need to say the equivalent of ‘This town is pleasing to me’. 2. In an impersonal manner (in various senses of the adjective); esp. without personal reference, connection, or feelings; without reference to any particular person (hence sometimes with implication of neutrality or lack of bias). ΚΠ 1692 W. H. tr. H. Grotius Def. Catholick Faith 36 If you take the exacting of punishment impersonally, it's end is the Demonstration of Divine Righteousness; but if you take it personally, that is, wherefore Christ was punished, the end is, that we might obtain freedom from punishment. 1775 Monthly Rev. Sept. 218 It is extremely easy to write impersonally; and in the present instance he might have said, This Work was purposely entitled, &c. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biographia Literaria II. xxiv. 308 In speaking theologically and impersonally, i.e. of Psilanthropism and Theanthropism as schemes of Belief, without referrence to Individuals who profess either the one or the other. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. xv. 182 He wished to describe him impersonally, scientifically. 1928 G. K. Chesterton in Illustr. London News 14 Apr. 616/3 I am stating these things impersonally, in an impartial historical sense. 1997 A. Yen Mah Falling Leaves xv 144 Their flat was elegantly but impersonally furnished with stiff, wooden, antique Chinese chairs. 2009 Times 8 Aug. 21/2 Don't lower yourself to abuse. State your case impersonally, and let those who disagree state theirs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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