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ADJ-GRADED
(個人或國家)持中立態度的，中立的，無傾向性的
If a person or country adopts a neutral position or remains neutral, they do not support anyone in a disagreement, war, or contest.
例句
Let's meet on neutral territory...
我們在中立地區會面吧。
Those who had decided to remain neutral in the struggle now found themselves required to take sides.
那些先前決定在爭斗中保持中立的人現在發現他們需要表明立場了。
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ADJ-GRADED
(聲音或表情)不露聲色的，平淡的
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.
例句
Isabel put her magazine down and said in a neutral voice, 'You're very late, darling.'...
伊莎貝爾放下雜志，平靜地說道：“親愛的，你來得太晚了。”
He told her about the death, describing the events in as neutral a manner as he could.
他告訴了她這次死亡事故的情況，描述經過時盡可能不摻雜個人感情。
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ADJ-GRADED
中性的;不引起變化的
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.
例句
Three in every five interviewed felt that the Budget was neutral and they would be no better off...
五分之三的受訪者覺得該預算案不好不壞，他們的境況不會好到哪里去。
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ADJ-GRADED
(話語)模糊的，中立的，不含褒貶義的
If someone uses neutral language, they choose words which do not indicate that they approve or disapprove of something.
例句
Both sides had agreed to use neutral terms in their references to each other, avoiding controversial ones...
雙方已達成協議，在提及對方時使用中性的詞語，避免有爭議的字眼。
He had departed from his prepared testimony, which was considered to be neutral.
他拋開了自己準備好的、被認為是中立的證詞。
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N-UNCOUNT
(車輛排擋的)空擋
Neutral is the position between the gears of a vehicle such as a car, in which the gears are not connected to the engine.
例句
Graham put the van in neutral and jumped out into the road.
格雷厄姆把貨車掛到空擋，自己跳到馬路上。
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ADJ
(電線)中性的
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 earth wire and the live or positive wire.
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COLOUR
灰暗的;素凈的;無色的
Neutral is used to describe things that have a pale colour such as cream or grey, or that have no colour at all.
例句
At the horizon the land mass becomes a continuous pale neutral grey...
陸地在地平線處變成了一片淺灰。
Mary suggests using a neutral lip pencil.
瑪麗建議用淺色唇線筆。
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ADJ
不帶電的
In physics, neutral is used to describe things such as atomic particles that have neither a positive nor a negative charge.
例句
A neutron is simply a neutral particle in the nucleus of an atom.
中子就是原子核里不帶電的粒子。
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ADJ-GRADED
(化學中)中性的，非酸非堿的
In chemistry, neutral is used to describe things that are neither acid nor alkaline.
例句
Pure water is neutral with a pH of 7.
純水是中性的，酸堿度為7。