inwardness

英 ['ɪnwədnəs] 美 ['ɪnwərdnəs]

• n. 内质；本性；实质；亲密；熟悉

英英释义

Noun:

1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

   "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"
   "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
   "the nub of the story"
   

2. preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values;

   "the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness"
   "inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright"
   

3. the quality or state of being inward or internal;

   "the inwardness of the body's organs"
   

4. preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values);

   "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"
   

经典引文

• Arrau plays with sublime inwardness and a flow of rhythm and tone which is uniquely fine.

  出自：Gramophone

近反义词

【近义词】

• pith （木）髓
• core 核心
• marrow 骨髓
• center 中心
• nub 小肿块
• kernel 核心
• sum 金额
• centre 中心
• heart and soul 全心全意
• substance 实质
• heart 心
• gist 要点
• nitty-gritty 事实真相
• internality 内在
• essence 精髓
• meat 肉

【反义词】

• outwardness 客观存在(客观性)...