impertinent

英 [ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənt]

美 [ɪmˈpɜːrtnənt]

adj.  粗鲁无礼的; 不敬的

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BNC.21868 / COCA.28609

牛津词典

adj.

• 粗鲁无礼的；不敬的
  rude and not showing respect for sb who is older or more important
  1. an impertinent question/child
     没有礼貌的提问 / 孩子
  2. Would it be impertinent to ask why you're leaving?
     问一下你为什么要离开不知是否唐突？

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不礼貌的;傲慢的;莽撞的
  If someone talks or behaves in a rather impolite and disrespectful way, you can say that they are beingimpertinent.
  1. Would it be impertinent to ask where exactly you were?...
     能冒昧问一下您所在的确切位置吗？
  2. I don't like strangers who ask impertinent questions.
     我不喜欢冒昧提问的陌生人。

英英释义

adj

• improperly forward or bold
  1. don't be fresh with me
  2. impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
  3. an impudent boy given to insulting strangers
  4. Don't get wise with me!
  Synonym:freshimpudentoverboldsmartsaucysassywise
• not pertinent to the matter under consideration
  1. an issue extraneous to the debate
  2. the price was immaterial
  3. mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
  Synonym:extraneousimmaterialorthogonal
• characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
  1. a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
  Synonym:irreverentpertsaucy

双语例句

• Mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point.
  在最后谈到要点之前先说了几个不相关的事实。
• What an impertinent idiot that man is!
  那家伙真是个傲慢无礼的笨蛋。
• She is too free with her tongue and is rather impertinent to people.
  她讲话太随便，对人相当无礼。
• On the strength of that impertinent paper, he has offered to send you to college.
  那篇无礼的文章使他决定送你去上大学。
• They stared or gave impertinent answer.
  他们只是瞪眼，或无礼地胡乱回答。
• He was always asking impertinent questions.
  他总是问一些不相关的问题。
• I told him of all that had occurred to make my former interference in his affairs absurd and impertinent.
  我把过去的事都对他说了，使他明白我当初阻挡他那件事，真是又荒谬又冒失。
• His impertinent remarks wasted valuable time.
  他那些不着边际的话浪费了宝贵的时间。
• You're an insolent, impertinent fellow.
  你是个傲慢的鲁莽的家伙。
• As a gentleman himself, he thought it was only impertinent curiosity to ask where any other gentleman lived.
  作为一个上等人，他认为，打听别人住在哪里是无礼的举动，是多管闲事。