impertinence

英 [ɪmˈpɜːtɪnəns]

美 [ɪmˈpɜːrtnəns]

n.  不礼貌; 傲慢; 莽撞
impertinency的复数

复数：impertinences　

GRE法律

BNC.24303 / COCA.30600

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 不礼貌;傲慢;莽撞
  If someone talks or behaves in a rather impolite and disrespectful way, you can call this behaviourimpertinenceoran impertinence.
  1. He was punished for his impertinence.
     他因为冒失无礼受到惩罚。

英英释义

noun

• inappropriate playfulness
  Synonym:perkinesspertnesssaucinessarchness
• the trait of being rude and impertinent
  Synonym:crustgallimpudenceinsolencecheekinessfreshness
• an impudent statement
  Synonym:impudencecheek

双语例句

• Jones was a little offended by the impertinence of partridge.
  琼斯对巴特里奇的这种唐突有些气恼。
• He will consider it an impertinence.
  他会认为那是很冒失的行为。
• He charitably chose to ignore her impertinence.
  他宽宏地认定还是不理会她的傲慢为好。
• Instead of a friend in a post-chaise or in a Tilbury, to exchange good things with, and vary the same stale topics over again, for once let me have a truce with impertinence.
  这时既没有与马车上的友人相互絮叨佳肴美味之烦&往往这一陈旧题目可以变着样地喋喋不休，我乃能暂免冒失之举。
• You may as well call it impertinence at once. It was very little less.
  你还不如说是唐突，十足唐突。
• Boldness in someone so young is sometimes seen as impertinence.
  一个如此年轻的人的大胆有时被看作是无礼的举动。
• Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared to trifle with so much dignified impertinence!
  咖苔琳夫人没有得到直截了当的回答，显得很惊奇；伊丽莎白觉得敢于和这种没有礼貌的富贵太太开玩笑，恐怕要推她自己为第一个人。
• He was punished for his impertinence.
  他因为冒失无礼受到惩罚。
• The touch of some hands is an impertinence.
  其中，有一些手的触摸是傲慢而无礼的。
• Dissent can seem like impertinence.
  不同意见有可能显得莽撞无礼。