1. Impassive（无表情的） 词源：来自拉丁语in-(不)+passivus(感受) 用法：强调面部表情的缺失 例句：The detective's impassive face gave no clue to his thoughts. （侦探面无表情的脸看不出任何想法） 典型误译：不应简单译为"冷漠"，而应突出"表情控制"
2. Stoic（坚忍的） 词源：源自斯多葛学派哲学 用法：强调面对痛苦时的理性克制 例句：She bore the pain with stoic resignation. （她以斯多葛式的坚忍承受痛苦） 文化内涵：包含积极克制的哲学态度
3. Phlegmatic（冷淡的） 词源：源自古希腊体液说的"粘液质" 用法：形容天生迟缓的性格特质 例句：His phlegmatic temperament made him ideal for crisis mana ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)500
【Impassive】 , 【stoic】 , 【phlegmatic】 , 【apathetic】 , 【stolid】 are comparable when they mean slightly if at all responsive to something that might be expected to excite emotion or interest or to produce a sensation.
The distinctions to be drawn between these adjectives hold true also of their corresponding nouns, impassivity or impassiveness, stoicism, phlegm, apathy, stolidity. One is 【impassive】 who feels or shows no emotion or sensation, without necessary implication of insusceptibility.
One is 【stoic】 who is indifferent to pleasure or pain; the word frequently suggests unflinching fortitude.
【Phlegmatic】 implies a temperament or constitution in which emotion is hard to arouse or, when aroused, is moderate or restrained.
【Apathetic】 usually implies either a remiss and culpable indifference or such a preoccupation with a particular depressing emotion (as care, grief, or despair) or bodily pain as makes one insensible to other emotion or pain and deficient in or devoid of the usual human interests.
【Stolid】 implies heavy, dull, obtuse impassivity or apathy or utter blankness of countenance mirroring or suggesting such quality; often, specifically, it suggests 【impassive】 , mechanical, plodding, unquestioning, unresourceful adherence to routine.
