| 单词 |
irresponsive |
| 释义 |
irresponsive, a.|ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsɪv|
[ir-2.]
1. Not responsive or answering; not responding to a force or stimulus, or to something which appeals to the emotions; giving no answer to a question or inquiry.
1846in Worcester, who cites Edin. Rev. 1866J. H. Newman Let. Pusey 11, I trust I am not ungrateful or irresponsive to you in this respect. 1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. (1879) App. 714 The whole of the posterior lobe is similarly irresponsive. 1886Symonds Renaiss. It., Cath. React. (1898) VII. xiii. 226 Works to which our forefathers were unintelligibly irresponsive.
2. = irresponsible 1. rare.
1884Gladstone in Mem. Tennyson II. xvi. 306 Irresponsive power is a dangerous thing unless curbed by wisdom.
Hence irreˈsponsiveness, the quality or state of being irresponsive.
1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 282 A long period of sullen irresponsiveness. 1872Spectator 5 Oct. 1263 Nothing can be more marvellously painted than the picture of her irresponsiveness to her husband's anxieties, fears, and hopes. |
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