新GRE常考察词汇impassive:impassive
impassive: 冷淡的; revealing no emotion; expressionless
1) not subject to pain, without feeling or emotion
2) showing no emotion
Synonyms: apathetic, dispassionate, stoic, unmoved
impassive <> perturbation, perfervid, emotional, overwrought, excited
impassive : perturb
deadpan : impassive
Even when his father died he gave an impassive response and walked out tearless.
Her expected announcement was met by an impassive facial expression.
Though he seemed impassive at the collapse of his company, his wife could see that he was in despair.
【考法1】adj. 冷漠的，无感情的： giving no sign of feeling or emotion
【例】 She remained impassive as the officers informed her of her son"s death. 她面不改色地听着警官宣读她 儿子的死讯
【近】 affectless, apathetic, cold-blooded, deadpan, emotionless, numb, phlegmatic, stoic, undemonstrative
【反】 demonstrative, emotional, fervent, fervid, impassioned, passionate, vehement 充满感情的