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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
neutral
neu·tral AW [neutral neutrals] adjective, noun BrE [ˈnjuːtrəl] NAmE [ˈnuːtrəl]
adjective
IN DISAGREEMENT/CONTEST
1. not supporting or helping either side in a disagreement, competition, etc.
Syn: ↑impartial, Syn: ↑unbiased
•Journalists are supposed to be politically neutral.
•I didn't take my father's or my mother's side; I tried to remain neutral.
IN WAR
2. not belonging to any of the countries that are involved in a war; not supporting any of the countries involved in a war
•neutral territory/waters
•Switzerland was neutral during the war.
WITHOUT STRONG FEELING
3. deliberately not expressing any strong feeling
•‘So you told her?’ he said in a neutral tone of voice.
COLOUR
4. not very bright or strong, such as grey or light brown
•a neutral colour scheme
•neutral tones
CHEMISTRY
5. neither acid nor ↑alkaline
ELECTRICAL
6. (abbr.N)having neither a positive nor a negative electrical charge
•the neutral wire in a plug
Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin neutralis ‘of neuter gender’, from Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’.
Example Bank:
•Dolly kept her voice carefully neutral.
•Her expression seemed neutral.
•Our actions are never culturally neutral.
•She argued that the law should always be gender neutral.
•She chose fairly neutral make-up.
•The Russians took a broadly neutral position.
•The government maintained its strictly neutral policy.
•The meeting must be at a politically neutral location.
•neutral about this issue
•Her clothes were neutral in colour.
•Neutral tones will give the room a feeling of space.
•The UN are sending six neutral observers to the talks.
•Very few journalists are politically neutral.
•When my parents split up I tried to remain neutral.
Idiom: ↑on neutral ground
Derived Word: ↑neutrally
noun
IN VEHICLE
1. uncountable the position of the gears of a vehicle in which no power is carried from the engine to the wheels
•to leave the car in neutral
IN DISAGREEMENT/WAR
2. countable a person or country that does not support either side in a disagreement, competition or war
COLOUR
3. countable a colour that is not bright or strong, such as grey or light brown
•The room was decorated in neutrals.
Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin neutralis ‘of neuter gender’, from Latin neuter ‘neither’, from ne- ‘not’ + uter ‘either’.
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