| 单词 | insensate |
| 释义 | insensate (once / 8609 pages) adj Insensate is a word to describe something without feelings or consciousness. Cars, computers, and stuffed animals are all insensate (though some of us occasionally project thoughts and personalities onto them). Insensate can also describe individuals who seem to lack the characteristically human emotions of kindness and generosity. A person who tears a stuffed animal out of the hands of a young child might be described as insensate. Another meaning of insensate is “lacking intelligence.” In short, insensate, in any sense of the word, is usually something that you don’t want to be. WORD FAMILYinsensate: insensately+/sensate: insensate USAGE EXAMPLESCardona favored a cocktail of heavy tranquillizers and Red Bull, administered at regular intervals throughout the day, which rendered him alert but insensate. The New Yorker(Sep 05, 2016) She Was not an insensate piece of property, to be taken up or laid down at his convenience. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) Seriously frostbitten, lying insensate in his tent, at least for the time being he was unable even to speak. Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air(1996) 1adj devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation insentient (or insensate) stone Syn|Ant insentient unfeeling devoid of feeling or sensation animate, sentient endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness sensatehaving physical sensation 2adj without compunction or human feeling insensate destruction Syn cold, cold-blooded, inhuman inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion |
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