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'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。 - To the engineers who dominate China's leadership, the rivers'wildness must seem an impertinence.
在那些中国水电业内占主流的工程师们看来，未开发的河流必定是不能容忍的资源浪费。 - 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。 - He had the impertinence to demand a raise.
他竟冒失地要求增加工资。 - 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！ - Dissent can seem like impertinence.
不同意见有可能显得莽撞无礼。 - 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。 - We'll discuss your impertinence later, young lady.
我们等会儿再讨论你的粗鲁行为，小姐。 - They had the impertinence to say I stole the money.
他们说我偷了那笔钱，实在是荒谬。 - 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。