Impertinent
[ɪm'pɜːtɪnənt] or [ɪm'pɝtnənt]
解释:
(adj.) characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; 'a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner' .
编辑:梅尔维尔--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.
(a.) Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; as, an impertient coxcomb; an impertient remark.
(a.) Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.
(n.) An impertinent person.
卡蜜拉整理
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Irrelevant, inapposite, not applicable, not to the point, not pertaining to the matter in hand, not pertinent.[2]. Intrusive, meddling, officious, insolent, rude, impudent, saucy, forward, pert, bold, malapert, unmannerly.
整理:丽纳
同义词及反义词：
[See PERTINENT]
安东尼编辑
解释:
adj. not pertaining to the matter in hand: trifling: intrusive: saucy: impudent.—n. Imper′tinence that which is impertinent: intrusion: impudence over-forwardness: (law) matter introduced into an affidavit &c. not pertinent to the matter.—adv. Imper′tinently.
编辑:梅根
例句:
- What I mean is, Lizzie, that I am a mere impertinent piece of conceit, and you shame me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He has a very satirical eye, and if I do not begin by being impertinent myself, I shall soon grow afraid of him. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- I feel that I should certainly have been impertinent. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- The affected anxiety of the lawgiver, lest they should employ an improper person, is evidently as impertinent as it is oppressive. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- It made even the impertinent structure of this null house disappear. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Impertinent Mohammedan Arabs, to think such things of gentlemen of another faith! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I hope you will excuse me for doing what is only my duty, although it may appear impertinent. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- How very impertinent! 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Don't be impertinent to a gentleman, Sir,' said Mr. Smangle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I did not choose to repeat the question, and perhaps provoke an impertinent reply. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I hope it was not impertinent to speculate upon it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- And I think I could bear up against--at any rate, I could have the energy to resent, Mrs. Thornton's unjust, impertinent suspicions. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- The third day's post brought me a most impertinent letter from a person with whom I was totally unacquainted. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He took hold of me by the chin in a precious impertinent way, the first time I ever saw him,' said the boy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- You're an insolent impertinent fellow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Acquit me of impertinent curiosity, my dear Mrs. Bounderby. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- You vile, impertinent monster! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Indignation kept me silent after reading the following impertinent letter from the Marquis of Sligo, to whom I had only been presented the day before. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- That impertinent fellow who goes from house to house is one of the real masters of the statistical situation. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Insufferably impertinent! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Certainly; it would indeed be very impertinent and inhuman in me to trouble you with any inquisitiveness of mine. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- I knew she would put herself in the way, if she could, and would be sure to strike in with something impertinent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- No, that I am sure I shall not; and I think it is very impertinent of him to write to you at all, and very hypocritical. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- I should richly deserve to be turned out of the box were I to do anything so very impertinent, interrupted his lordship. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- This fellow, Fledgeby, presumes to be impertinent to me, Lammle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I told him of all that had occurred to make my former interference in his affairs absurd and impertinent. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- It may seem impertinent in _me_ to praise, but I must admire the taste Mrs. Grant has shewn in all this. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- You impertinent boy! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Might I ask, without seeming impertinent, whether you have any intention of selling it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- She saw with maternal complacency all the impertinent encroachments and mischievous tricks to which her cousins submitted. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
编辑:梅根