缺乏生命 meaning in English

nonlife
nonliving

Since he had been an officer for some years , and had mixed among the other officers and civil servants , with their wives and families , he had lost all ambition to get on . there was a toughness , a curious rubbernecked toughness and unlivingness about the middle and upper classes , as he had known them , which just left him feeling cold and different from them
自从他当过几年军官，并且和其他的军官和公务员以及他们的家庭交往以来，他的一切雄心都死了，他认识了中上阶级是坚韧的，象橡胶一样奇异的坚韧，却缺乏生命，这使他觉得冰冷，而且觉得自己和他们是多么相异。