faceless
/ˈfeɪsləs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfeɪsləs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfās-ləs/ (ame, mw)
faceless — 形容詞
- facelesspositive
- more facelesscomparative
- most facelesssuperlative
1. without any noticeable features or personality that would make someone or someth
無面目
缺乏個人特徵或身分的
without any noticeable features or personality that would make someone or something easy to recognise or remember as an individual
The immigration officer processed passport after passport, each with a faceless photo and a barcode.
移民官一份接一份地處理護照，每張都只有一張無面目的照片和一組條碼。
faceless photo — official document context
Large hotel chains often feel like faceless organisations that never recognise returning guests.
大型連鎖飯店往往讓人感覺像是無面目的機構，從不記得回頭客。
Voters complained about receiving form letters from faceless bureaucrats who never gave straight answers.
選民抱怨收到那些從不正面回答問題的無面目官僚寄來的制式信件。
The new apartment block was a faceless row of identical grey balconies stretching three blocks.
那棟新公寓大樓是一排無面目的灰色陽台，一模一樣地綿延了三條街區。
A blog with a fake name feels faceless and much harder for readers to trust.
用假名寫的部落格讓人感覺沒有面目，讀者很難信任。
- anonymous
more neutral; can describe an intentional choice to hide one's name, whereas faceless implies involuntary loss of identity
- nondescript
focuses on visual plainness rather than lack of personal identity
- nameless
similar but often carries a literary or ominous tone (nameless fears)
- distinctive
emphasises positive recognisability and individual character
- recognisable
focuses on the ability to identify someone as a unique individual
文法句型
faceless + noun
be + faceless
用法筆記
Frequently used with nouns describing organisations, groups, or systems (bureaucracy, corporation, crowd, institution) to highlight a lack of personal identity or human warmth. Can be attributive (a faceless bureaucracy) or predicative (the system felt faceless). Almost always carries a negative or critical tone.
常見錯誤
2. physically lacking a face — used when describing statues, drawings, mannequins,
無臉的
沒有臉部外觀的
physically lacking a face — used when describing statues, drawings, mannequins, dolls, or other objects that are missing facial features such as eyes, a nose, or a mouth
The museum curator gently cleaned a faceless marble statue from the fourth century.
博物館館長小心翼翼地清理一尊四世紀的無臉大理石雕像。
faceless marble statue — literal, art historical context
A faceless mannequin in the window wore a long white dress and a gold necklace.
櫥窗裡一具無臉的人體模型穿著白色長禮服，戴著金項鍊。
The kindergarten children laughed at the faceless sock puppet their teacher had made.
幼兒園的孩子們看著老師做的無臉襪子布偶哈哈大笑。
The old horror film featured a faceless ghost at the end of every dark hallway.
在那部老恐怖片裡，每一段陰暗走廊的盡頭都會出現一個無臉鬼魂。
One art student drew a faceless figure to show the character was a stranger.
一名美術課學生畫了一個沒有臉的人物，來表現那個角色是陌生人。
- featureless
broader; describes anything without distinguishing marks, not just a face
- blank
emphasises an empty, expressionless surface rather than the absence of a face
- faced
rare; used mainly in technical descriptions of objects with a visible face or dial
文法句型
faceless + noun
be + faceless
用法筆記
Describes objects or beings that physically have no face — most commonly statues, mannequins, dolls, puppets, or figures in dreams and horror narratives. This literal sense is much less frequent in everyday conversation than the metaphorical sense (ANONYMOUS).