Insolence
['ɪns(ə)l(ə)ns;'ɪnsəl(ə)ns;'ɪnsələns]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality of being unusual or novel.
(n.) The quality of being insolent; pride or haughtiness manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; arrogant contempt; brutal impudence.
(n.) Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
(v. t.) To insult.
塞西莉亚校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Impertinence, impudence, sauciness, pertness, malapertness, flippancy, rudeness, abuse.
錄入:泽维尔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Arrogance, assumption, impudence
ANT:Deference, consideration, politeness, modesty, bashfulness
手打:兰斯洛特
例句/造句/用法:
- But he had more brains and more inner dignity and outer insolence and humor than any man that he had ever known. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- I don't know how she looks, and I do not say that she is altogether dirty or idle, mais elle est d'une insolence! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He hated George too, whose insolence towards him was quite of the English sort. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Facing Huxley with a smiling insolence, he begged to know, _was it through his grandfather or grandmother that he claimed his descent from a monkey_? 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I tell you that's one side of your conduct--Insolence and Presumption. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- What do you mean by this insolence? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I am sure, sir, I should never mistake informality for insolence: one I rather like, the other nothing free-born would submit to, even for a salary. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It was nothing but the insolence of the routineer that forced Gifford Pinchot out of the Forest Service. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- What mean these fellows by their capricious insolence? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Fancy his having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force! 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- No insolence of Mr. Fairlie's, if he chose to be insolent, could wound me now. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was sheer Insolence in you, I tell you,' said Mr Boffin, 'even to think of this young lady. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But he is incapable of defending them in a discussion, and vainly tries to cover his confusion with banter and insolence. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- He was obsessed with horror of wanton bloodshed and with indignation at the insolence of armed injustice. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- We passed without notice his polite insolence at the outset of the interview. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
手打:兰斯洛特