nonplussed

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /nɒnˈplʌst/    美 /ˌnɑnˈplʌst/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of nonplus form-of,participle,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Unsure how to act or respond; bewildered, perplexed.
    — [N]ote the honeſt Quaker vvas nonpluſſed, and greatly ſurprized at that Queſtion.
    Roxana
  2. Unaffected, unfazed; unimpressed. US,informal,nonstandard
    — "I regard Dean [W. P.] Baddeley's gambling activities with embarrassment and dismay," said Anglican dean of Melbourne S. Barton Babbage. […] The Rev. Baddeley remained nonplussed. "I don't intend to make a habit of going to the races but I feel clergymen should mix as our Lord did with all walks of life," Dr. Baddeley said.

词形变化

more nonplussed comparative most nonplussed superlative non-plussed alternative non-plussed alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
nonplussedness

词源

词源 1
From nonplus (“state of bewilderment or perplexity”, noun) or nonplus (“to bewilder or perplex (someone)”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and the past tense and past participle forms of verbs). Nonplus (noun) is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The etymological sense is similar to being left speechless as a result of confusion: the nonplussed person can say or do “no more”.
Adjective sense 2 (“unaffected”) is probably from a misinterpretation of the first element of the word as the prefix non- meaning “not”.
词源 2
From nonplus (“state of bewilderment or perplexity”, noun) or nonplus (“to bewilder or perplex (someone)”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and the past tense and past participle forms of verbs). Nonplus (noun) is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The etymological sense is similar to being left speechless as a result of confusion: the nonplussed person can say or do “no more”.
Adjective sense 2 (“unaffected”) is probably from a misinterpretation of the first element of the word as the prefix non- meaning “not”.
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