insolence

英 [ˈɪnsələns]

美 [ˈɪnsələns]

n.  无礼；蛮横；侮辱性言行；傲慢的行为

GRE法律

BNC.24562 / COCA.27276

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 傲慢的;无礼的;侮慢的
  If you say that someone is beinginsolent, you mean they are being rude to someone they ought to be respectful to.
  1. ...her insolent stare...
     她无礼的瞪视
  2. The officer stamped his boot. 'Don't be insolent with me, mademoiselle.'
     军官跺跺靴子：“小姐,别对我无礼。”

英英释义

noun

• an offensive disrespectful impudent act
• the trait of being rude and impertinent
  Synonym:crustgallimpertinenceimpudencecheekinessfreshness

双语例句

• Silence can upset some people who interpret it as dumb insolence.
  沉默会使某些人不高兴，他们把它解释为无言的侮辱。
• Godliness has to co-exist with insolence.
  对神的敬畏必须与傲慢共存。
• I have always abhorred insolence in children.
  我一向憎恶孩子的无礼。
• Mary repaid his insolence in kind.
  玛丽对他的傲慢态度还以傲慢态度。
• How can you put up with his insolence?
  他那样傲慢，你怎么能够忍受？
• Such insolence will lose you your situation.
  如此无礼的态度将会使你失去你的职位。
• I've had enough of your insolence, and I'm having no more.
  我受够了你的侮辱，不能再容忍了。
• If he tried his insolence on me, I'll give him what for.
  他要是敢对我蛮横无礼，我要给他点厉害尝尝。
• I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister and the insolence of his mother.
  我必须与他姐姐的冷酷和他母亲的专横抗争。
• I could not endure the insolence of his behaviour.
  我不能再忍受他那傲慢无礼的行为了。