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

• 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。
• 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。
• They had the impertinence to say I stole the money.
  他们说我偷了那笔钱，实在是荒谬。
• He had the impertinence to demand a raise.
  他竟冒失地要求增加工资。
• Marianne, who had never much toleration for anything like impertinence, vulgarity, inferiority of parts, or even difference of taste from herself.
  玛丽安对于无礼，粗俗，才能低下，甚至与自己的爱好不相同这类事情都是不能容忍的。
• Elizabeth felt all the impertinence of her questions, but answered them very composedly.
  伊丽莎白觉得她这些话问得唐突，不过还是心平气和地回答了他。
• 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。
• 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。
• I laughed at her impertinence.
  她如此傲慢，倒使我笑了。