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单词 insensibility
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insensibility
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ɪnˌsen.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/ɪnˌsen.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
thestateof beingunconscious:
不省人事
Shelayin astateof insensibility until ten o'clock, when she took her lastbreath.她一直不省人事地躺着，直到十点钟，才咽下最后一口气。
He wasbeateninto insensibility and thendroppedin thecanal.他被打得不省人事，然后被扔进了运河。
thefactof notcaringabout something or beingunwillingorunabletoreactto it:
无感情；冷淡，漠然
Theanaestheticinjectionwillcauseunconsciousnessas well as insensibilitytopain.注射麻醉剂会使人失去知觉，对疼痛也会不敏感。
Bothparentshad an insensibility to thewelfareoftheiroffspring.父母双方都对孩子的福利漠不关心。
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insensible
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  • Thepatientfellinto astateof insensibility.
  • Shelayon thefloor,druggedinto insensibility.
  • He wasfuriouswith her for her insensibility whichborderedoncruelty.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Losing consciousness
  • black
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  • concuss
  • concussed
  • conk
  • conk out
  • faint
  • go out like a lightidiom
  • hypnotic
  • hypnotically
  • knock
  • knocksomeoneout
  • light
  • non-responsive
  • out
  • pass out
  • senseless
  • spark out
  • stun
  • unconscious
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(Definition ofinsensibilityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinsensibility

insensibility
Theinsensibilityof the results to the used efforts of stabilization has been verified.
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Frequently the self-promotion of condescension is accidental, emphasizing even further theinsensibilityof the superior.
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Victorian fiction stages countless scenes where acts of good-will fail, due sometimes to theinsensibilityof those who have and sometimes to the viciousness of those who want.
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Yet these signs of sympathy are belated and will go unanswered thanks to the protagonist's ultimateinsensibility: in the final verses she enumerates her silence, blindness and deafness in death.
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For broilers, it recommends a minimum, average stunning current of 105 milliamperes per bird to produce an adequate period ofinsensibility.
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Insensibilitybecomes a fate worse than death itself and even becomes a disqualification for life.
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However, it states that, "insensibilityand death will normally follow within a matter of seconds once the fox is caught".
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We are to some extent being numbed intoinsensibilityon the dollar question.
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This is based on scientific research, which shows that a minimum period ofinsensibilityof 52 seconds is achieved by currents above this level.
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Even so, we concluded thatinsensibilityand death will normally follow within a matter of seconds once the fox is caught.
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What is more critical is how quicklyinsensibilityand death result and how much suffering, physical or mental, the fox experiences.
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With his usual engaging manner, he sought to lull us into a sufficient sense ofinsensibilityso that we would not wish to contribute at length.
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Following a larger dose, all these symptoms continue to increase; and tremors, convulsions, vertigo, stupor,insensibility, and deprivation of muscular action appear.
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An apathetic person may also exhibitinsensibilityor sluggishness.
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The very air we breathe is contagious ofinsensibilityand hardness.
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