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单词 aloof
释义
aloof
adjective
uk
/əˈluːf/us
/əˈluːf/
notfriendlyorwillingto takepartin things:
不友善的；冷漠的
Sheseemedratheraloof when infactshe was justshy.她看似孤傲不群，可实际上只是腼腆。
Synonyms
detached(WITHOUT EMOTION)
distant(NOT FRIENDLY)
forbidding
offhand
offishUK
remote(NOT FRIENDLY)
standoffishinformaldisapproving
unapproachable
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not liking or being pleasant towards others
  • unfriendlyThe crowd was unfriendly and dangerous.
  • coolShe was very cool towards his new wife.
  • coldShe's a cold, heartless woman.
  • icyHe gave me an icy stare.
  • glacialHer reception of him was glacial.
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notinterestedorinvolved, usually because you do notapproveof what ishappening:
（通常因为对所发生的事情不赞同而）漠不关心的，无动于衷的，不参与的
Whatever ishappeningin theoffice, she alwaysremainsaloof.不管办公室发生了什么，她都一概不闻不问。
Shekeptherself alooffromher husband'sbusiness.她对丈夫的事情漠不关心。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not being friendly
  • abrasive
  • abrasively
  • abrasiveness
  • abruptly
  • abruptness
  • antagonism
  • antagonistic
  • coolness
  • dourness
  • estrange
  • estranged
  • estrangement
  • forbidding
  • prickly
  • sourly
  • sourness
  • standoffish
  • standoffishly
  • standoffishness
  • surly
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Critical & uncomplimentary

Related word

aloofness
(Definition ofalooffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

aloof| American Dictionary

aloof
adjective,adverb
us
/əˈluf/
not takingpartin things,esp. in a way thatseemsunfriendly:
Is she aloof andarrogantor justshy?
When theyargued, Iremainedaloof.
(Definition ofalooffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaloof

aloof
Architectural schools and the profession cannot afford to standalooffrom these other disciplines.
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We give the impression to most non-architects that we are an introverted group which, despite our radical gestures, is conservative and ratheraloof.
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They stoodalooffrom the ordinary underground workers who were at first relatively unaffected by their actions.
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Remaining politicallyaloofor unaware would have been almost impossible for women whenever a political situation came to dominate society.
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Stoicism could be seen as creating a sense of selfalooffrom the caprices of fortune, which enabled the individual to cope and remain constant despite reversals.
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Instead, he remained silent andaloof.
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An attorney could not remain absolutelyalooffrom the government he served, yet the professional nature of his work could cause difficulties if he disagreed with ministers.
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Philosophy, if it would enquire into the nature of all such conceptual systems and hypotheses, must certainly endeavor to remainalooffrom the initial adoption of any one such system.
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However, that "undefined feeling of immeasurable existencealooffrom her" does rancorously persist; and it could be said to produce knowledge, of a kind, as well as rancour.
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To that extent, the ability to remainalooffrom local pressures would be an advantage, but it carries disadvantages with it.
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The people who use the courts should find friendly courts and places which are notaloof.
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The two separate parties will not standaloofand refuse to see or to speak to each other.
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At present, it is a littlealoofand inclined to inbreeding.
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She has remainedaloofand in isolation, and in that isolation has created the fear which dominates the world.
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Nevertheless, it would clearly not be right to leave an organization of this magnitudealooffrom the possible requirements of public policy.
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