adjective 形容词:不作出反应的;无响应的;冷漠的。指人或事物对刺激、请求或交流没有回应或反应迟钝。
/ˌʌn.rɪˈspɒn.sɪv/
The patient became unresponsive after the accident.
事故发生后,病人变得毫无反应。
Despite repeated attempts to engage her in conversation, she remained cold and unresponsive, as though the world around her had ceased to exist.
尽管人们多次试图与她交谈,她依然冷漠无回应,仿佛周围的世界已经不复存在。
该词由前缀 un-(表示"不、无")和 responsive 组成。responsive 源自拉丁语 responsum,是 respondere 的过去分词,意为"回答、回应"。re- 表示"回",spondere 表示"承诺、保证"。整个词的意思就是"不做出回应的"。该词在英语中从17世纪开始使用,常用于描述人的情感冷淡或身体对刺激缺乏反应。