neutral /ˈnjuːtrəl/ CET4 TEM4

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  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

  例：

  Let's meet on neutral territory.

  我们在中立地区会面吧。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  It was a good game to watch for the neutrals.

  对于中立观众来说，这是一场精彩的比赛。

• 3. 

  neutrality N-UNCOUNT 中立

  例：

  ...a reputation for political neutrality and impartiality.

  …政治上中立和公正的名声。

• 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. 不动声色的

  例：

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

  伊莎贝尔放下她的杂志,以不动声色的口吻说，“亲爱的，你太晚了”。

• 5. 

  neutrality N-UNCOUNT 不动声色

  例：

  I noticed, behind the neutrality of his gaze, a deep weariness.

  我觉察到，在他那不动声色的凝视背后有一种深深的厌倦。

• 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. 不引起变化的; 中和的

  例：

  Three in every five interviewed felt that the budget was neutral and they would be no better off.

  每5个受访者中有3个认为该预算不会带来什么变化，他们的境况也不会改善。

• 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. 空档

  例：

  Graham put the van in neutral and jumped out into the road.

  格雷厄姆把货车挂到空挡，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. (电线) 不带电的 (三股中的一股，其它两股分别叫做地线和火线)

  例：

  The ground wire in the house is connected to the neutral wire.

  这所房子里的地线接在了零线上。

• 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. 浅灰色的; 无色的

  例：

  At the horizon the land mass becomes a continuous pale neutral grey, almost blending with the sky.

  在地平线上，大片陆地变成一片连绵而暗淡的浅灰色，几乎与天空交融在一起。

• 10. 

  ADJ In chemistry, neutral is used to describe things that are neither acid nor alkaline. (化学上) 中性的

  例：

  Pure water is neutral with a pH of 7.

  纯净水是中性的，PH值为7。