Not showing feelings. An unemotional person keeps a flat, calm face and a flat voice even when something big is happening — a death, a fight, very good news. Note carefully: it is about what shows on the outside, not about what is inside. An unemotional man at a funeral may be breaking inside; we only mean that nobody watching could tell.

Not showing feelings不表現出情緒。 An unemotional person keeps一個unemotional的人會保持 a flat, calm face and a flat voice一張平靜、沒有起伏的臉和聲音， even when something big is happening即使發生了什麼大事—— a death, a fight, very good news死亡、爭吵、非常好的消息。 Note carefully要仔細注意： it is about what shows on the outside這講的是表面上顯露出來的樣子， not about what is inside不是內心真正的狀態。 An unemotional man at a funeral一個在葬禮上unemotional的男人， may be breaking inside內心可能正崩潰， we only mean that nobody watching could tell我們只是說在旁邊看的人看不出來而已。

You can also call a thing unemotional, not just a person: an unemotional voice, an unemotional reply, an unemotional description of the accident. Here it means the words carry no feeling — just the facts, said straight.

You can also call a thing unemotional你也可以把unemotional用在東西上， not just a person不只是人： an unemotional voice, an unemotional reply, an unemotional description of the accidentan unemotional voice（沒有感情的聲音）、an unemotional reply（沒有感情的回覆）、an unemotional description of the accident（對意外冷靜客觀的描述）。 Here it means這裡的意思是 the words carry no feeling話語裡沒有帶感情—— just the facts, said straight只是把事實直接說出來。

This is where the word gets interesting, because the same behaviour can be praised or criticised depending on who is speaking. A judge, a doctor, a news reporter is supposed to be unemotional, and there it is close to 'fair, not led by feelings'. But say it about a friend, a parent, a partner, and it usually means cold — you wanted them to react and they gave you nothing.

This is where the word gets interesting這個字有趣的地方在這裡： because the same behaviour can be praised or criticised因為同樣的行為可能被讚賞、也可能被批評， depending on who is speaking要看是誰在說話。 A judge, a doctor, a news reporter is supposed to be unemotional法官、醫生、新聞記者應該要是unemotional的， and there it is close to這種情況下它接近 'fair, not led by feelings'「公正、不被情緒牽著走」。 But say it about a friend, a parent, a partner但如果用在朋友、父母、伴侶身上， and it usually means通常就是指 cold冷漠—— you wanted them to react and they gave you nothing你希望他們有反應，他們卻什麼都沒給你。

English has softer neighbours (calm, cool-headed) and harsher ones (cold, heartless); unemotional sits in the middle and takes its colour from the sentence around it. It is a slightly formal, written-sounding word; in everyday speech people are more likely to say 'he didn't show any emotion' or 'he showed no reaction'.

English has softer neighbours (calm, cool-headed) and harsher ones (cold, heartless)英文有比較溫和的近義詞（calm冷靜、cool-headed頭腦冷靜）和比較嚴厲的近義詞（cold冷漠、heartless無情）； unemotional sits in the middleunemotional就位在中間， and takes its colour from the sentence around it會隨著周圍的句子染上不同的色彩。 It is a slightly formal, written-sounding word它是有點正式、書面感的字； in everyday speech people are more likely to say日常說話裡人們比較會說 'he didn't show any emotion' or 'he showed no reaction'『he didn't show any emotion』（他沒有表現出任何情緒）或『he showed no reaction』（他沒有反應）。