disinterested


adj. 无私的;公正的;冷漠的;廉洁的

v. 使不再有利害关系;使无兴趣(disinterest的过去分词)

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disinterested (adj.)
1610s, "unconcerned," the sense we now would ascribe to uninterested, with the sense of "impartial" going to disinteressed (c. 1600). See dis- + interest. Modern sense of disinterested is first attested 1650s. As things now stand, disinterested means "free from personal bias," while uninterested means "caring nothing for the matter in question." Related: Disinterestedly; disinterestedness.

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1. The current sole superpower is far from being a disinterested observer.
当前唯一的超级大国远不是一个公正的旁观者。
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2. Lili had clearly regained her appetite but Doran was disinterested in food.
莉莉显然已经恢复了食欲,但多兰却提不起胃口。
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3. Such benevolence, however, was not completely disinterested.
然而这样的善举并非完全出于大公无私。
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4. We had both become jaded, disinterested, and disillusioned.
我们俩都已经倦了,腻了,也死心了。
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5. He is impartial and disinterested.
他公正无私.
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