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

• Such a remark verges on impertinence.
  这种话近乎无礼。
• 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。
• He charitably chose to ignore her impertinence.
  他宽宏地认定还是不理会她的傲慢为好。
• We'll discuss your impertinence later, young lady.
  我们等会儿再讨论你的粗鲁行为，小姐。
• 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。
• 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。
• A lot of businessmen consider it an impertinence for anyone to mention retirement to them.
  许多商人认为，任何人向他们提及退休是一种不礼貌行为。
• Dissent can seem like impertinence.
  不同意见有可能显得莽撞无礼。
• 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。