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insensate

🇬🇧 UK/in'senseit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Lacking sensation or consciousness; inanimate; also, unfeeling or cruel.

无感觉的,无生命的;冷酷无情的

v.

To deprive of sensation or consciousness.

使失去感觉,使失去意识

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
sensfeel, perceive, sense
+
ateto make, having
=insensate

Common Collocations

  • 1.insensate object无生命的物体
  • 2.insensate cruelty冷酷的残忍
  • 3.[insensate] statue[无感觉的]雕像

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The insensate statue stood in the park without any reaction to the world.

  • 2.

    His insensate cruelty toward animals revealed his disturbing character.

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