| 单词 |
unaffectionate |
| 释义 |
unaˈffectionate, a.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
†1. Unbiassed; impartial. Obs.—1
1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. G vij b, I think it sall be acceptable to the vnaffectionat redar, giff..I sall pen ye occasion [etc.].
†2. Not endowed with feeling. Obs.—1
1645Milton Tetrach. Wks. 1851 IV. 236 A helplesse, unaffectionate, and sullen masse whose very company represents the visible and exactest figure of lonelines it selfe.
†3. Not well affected. Obs.—1
1787Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 108 His devotion to the principles of pure despotism, renders him unaffectionate to our governments.
4. Not affectionate; devoid of affection.
1815M. Pilkington Celebrity III. 13 Sir Ferdinand,..returning to her hand the unaffectionate production, said [etc.]. 1830H. N. Coleridge Grk. Poets (1834) 304 His demeanour towards his mother..is generally unaffectionate. 1875Ruskin Fors Clav. liv. 167 Not..that I grew up selfish and unaffectionate.
Hence unaˈffectionately adv.
1847H. Bushnell Chr. Nurt. ii. i. (1861) 241 If the child is..simply laid aside unaffectionately, in no warmth of motherly gentleness. |
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