insensate
UK/in'senseit/US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Lacking physical sensation or consciousness; inanimate
无感觉的，无知觉的；无生命的
adj.
Without feeling or compassion; coldly cruel
冷酷无情的；麻木不仁的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedin- (not) + sens (feel) + -ate (adj.) = 'not feeling.' Literally unable to feel — used for things with no sensation at all (an insensate stone) and, by extension, for people who feel no compassion (insensate cruelty). The second sense is the harsher metaphor: someone so unfeeling they're like a dead object.
Root sent still carries 33 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.insensate cruelty麻木的残忍
- 2.insensate object无知觉的物体
- 3.insensate matter无生命的物质
Example Sentences
- 1.
The crash left him insensate on the road for several minutes.
- 2.
They watched with insensate calm as the village burned.
- 3.
It is foolish to rage at insensate machines.