impertinence
英 [ɪmˈpɜːtɪnəns]
美 [ɪmˈpɜːrtnəns]
n. 不礼貌; 傲慢; 莽撞
impertinency的复数
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.- He was punished for his impertinence.
他因为冒失无礼受到惩罚。
- He was punished for his impertinence.
英英释义
noun
- inappropriate playfulness
- the trait of being rude and impertinent
- an impudent statement
双语例句
- He ventured this remark without any intention to insult; but heathcliff's violent nature was not prepared to endure the appearance of impertinence from one whom he seemed to hate, even then, as a rival.
他斗胆说出这番话虽然没有侮辱希斯克利夫的意思，但是希斯克利夫的暴脾气根本就无法忍受这种无礼，尤其是一个他讨厌的人，或者说是对手。 - Black: Stand for fair and square; the exhibition is angry, impertinence and honest.
黑色：表现公正无私的；表现暴躁、鲁莽、耿直的。 - Her manner were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no taste, no beauty.
她的举止被人在背后议论的很糟：她是既傲慢又不懂事的混合物，不会说话，没有风度，令人乏味，一点美感也没有。 - He will consider it an impertinence.
他会认为那是很冒失的行为。 - 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。 - You'll apologize to me for your impertinence, or you'll quit the office instantly!
你这样放肆，非向我道歉不可！不然，你给我马上滚！ - He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again.
他默默的爱，默默的恨，却又把被爱和被恨看作是不应时宜的工作。 - The driver of that taxi-cab seemed to me familiar to the point of impertinence
那辆出租车的司机在我看来放肆到了无礼的地步。 - The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. It was difficult to remain equanimous in the face of such preposterous impertinence.
一个人跟老朋友生离死别可以处之泰然。面对着述种荒谬无礼的行为，很难处之泰然。 - Beauty is well known to draw after it the persecutions of impertinence, to incite the artifices of envy, and to raise the flames of unlawful love. ( No.111)
在无礼的干扰下，人们知道，美丽能刺激嫉妒的技巧，扇起非法之爱的火焰。