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

• 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。
• Such a remark verges on impertinence.
  这种话近乎无礼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared to trifle with so much dignified impertinence!
  咖苔琳夫人没有得到直截了当的回答，显得很惊奇；伊丽莎白觉得敢于和这种没有礼貌的富贵太太开玩笑，恐怕要推她自己为第一个人。
• Dissent can seem like impertinence.
  不同意见有可能显得莽撞无礼。
• 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。
• 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。