neutral

1. ADJ If a person or country adopts a neutral position or remains neutral, they do not support anyone in a disagreement, war, or contest. 中立的

Let's meet on neutral territory. 我們?cè)谥辛⒌貐^(qū)會(huì)面吧。

2. N-COUNT A neutral is someone who is neutral. 中立者

It was a good game to watch for the neutrals. 對(duì)于中立觀眾來說，這是一場(chǎng)精彩的比賽。

3. neutralityN-UNCOUNT 中立

...a reputation for political neutrality and impartiality. …政治上中立和公正的名聲。

4. ADJ If someone speaks in a neutral voice or if the expression on their face is neutral, they do not show what they are thinking or feeling. 不動(dòng)聲色的

Isabel put her magazine down and said in a neutral voice, "You're very late, darling."

伊莎貝爾放下她的雜志,以不動(dòng)聲色的口吻說，“親愛的，你太晚了”。

5. neutralityN-UNCOUNT 不動(dòng)聲色

I noticed, behind the neutrality of his gaze, a deep weariness. 我覺察到，在他那不動(dòng)聲色的凝視背后有一種深深的厭倦。

6. ADJ If you say that something is neutral, you mean that it does not have any effect on other things because it lacks any significant qualities of its own, or it is an equal balance of two or more different qualities, amounts, or ideas. 不引起變化的; 中和的

Three in every five interviewed felt that the budget was neutral and they would be no better off. 每5個(gè)受訪者中有3個(gè)認(rèn)為該預(yù)算不會(huì)帶來什么變化，他們的境況也不會(huì)改善。

7. N-UNCOUNT Neutral is the position between the gears of a vehicle such as a car, in which the gears are not connected to the engine. 空檔

Graham put the van in neutral and jumped out into the road. 格雷厄姆把貨車掛到空擋，然后跳到路上。

8. ADJ In an electrical device or system, the neutral wire is one of the three wires needed to complete the circuit so that the current can flow. The other two wires are called the ground wire and the live or positive wire. (電線) 不帶電的 (三股中的一股，其它兩股分別叫做地線和火線)

The ground wire in the house is connected to the neutral wire. 這所房子里的地線接在了零線上。

9. COLOR Neutral is used to describe things that have a pale colour such as cream or grey, or that have no colour at all. 淺灰色的; 無色的

At the horizon the land mass becomes a continuous pale neutral grey, almost blending with the sky. 在地平線上，大片陸地變成一片連綿而暗淡的淺灰色，幾乎與天空交融在一起。

10. ADJ In chemistry, neutral is used to describe things that are neither acid nor alkaline. (化學(xué)上) 中性的

Pure water is neutral with a pH of 7. 純凈水是中性的，PH值為7。