flippant

英 [ˈflɪpənt] 美 [ˈflɪpənt]

adj.  轻率的

GRETEM8

BNC.19945 / COCA.28095



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 轻率的
    showing that you do not take sth as seriously as other people think you should
    1. a flippant answer/attitude
      轻率的回答;轻浮的态度
    2. Sorry, I didn't mean to sound flippant.
      对不起,我并不是故意油嘴滑舌的。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 轻率的;轻浮的;不严肃的
    If you describe a person or what they say as flippant, you are criticizing them because you think they are not taking something as seriously as they should.
    1. Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious!...
      该死,不要不当回事!这是很严肃的!
    2. He now dismisses that as a flippant comment.
      他现在把那当作轻率的随口一说不再理会了。

双语例句

  1. I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark
    我并无冒犯之意。那只是随口说出的一句轻率话。
  2. Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious.
    别不当回事,该死!这可不是闹着玩儿的事。
  3. Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious!
    该死,不要不当回事!这是很严肃的!
  4. He now dismisses that as a flippant comment.
    他现在把那当作轻率的随口一说不再理会了。
  5. It was a flippant and unfeeling remark.
    这番话既轻率又无情。
  6. He did not mind being flippant about New York, but disliked to hear any one else take the same tone.
    他不在乎自己对纽约社会说些轻浮的话,却不喜欢听别人使用同样的腔调。
  7. It is, of course, easy to be flippant from the sidelines.
    当然,旁观者很容易用轻率的目光来看待问题。
  8. Kay had made the mistake of trying to be cruelly flippant, a role to which she was not suited.
    恺打错了主意:她试图蛮横无礼,其实演这样的角色,她是不适合的。
  9. This is not as flippant as it may sound, but an important issue for business, technology and even geopolitics.
    这个问题并没有表面上看起来那么轻率,而是一个重要的商业、技术甚至是地缘政治问题。
  10. So what should I do about those imprudent things I said about the Senior VP? Be careful you may frighten someone that you should get to know more intimately if you are too flippant.
    那么对于我说的那些有关副总裁的轻率的话,我该怎么办呢?如果你很轻率的话就可能吓到本来应该亲密的人。
  11. It's easy to be flippant, but we have a serious problem to deal with.
    油嘴滑舌容易,但我们有正经的问题要解决。
  12. Mr Key's flippant response was widely criticised.
    约翰·基轻浮的回应遭到了广泛的指责。
  13. In his first visit of the season to Dallas, the only other place on the list besides Lakers rival Phoenix, Bryant made one flippant remark about how good it could've been to join the Mavericks.
    本赛季第一次去达拉斯时,科比欠思量地发表了言论,声明自己如果去小牛的话会是多好多好。当时达拉斯和菲尼克斯还在相互竞争科比。
  14. Colin's tone was flippant but his dark eyes were serious.
    柯林讲话的腔调有些轻浮,可他那双黑色的眼睛是严肃的。
  15. This is no time for being flippant.
    这不是油嘴滑舌的时候。
  16. The An certain honesty hand over to treat, no longer flippant.
    哦,俺一定老实交待,不再油嘴滑舌。
  17. His flippant remarks only made the judge angrier.
    他轻率的评论只是让法官更加愤怒。
  18. I don't get how people can be so flippant in the face of natural disasters.
    在面对自然危害的时候,身边怎么会有这样的人如此轻率妄为。
  19. A flippant, typically sardonic remark or retort. That is a clever hit.
    妙语俏皮话,妙语,尤指讽刺的话或反驳这是一句巧妙的俏皮话话。
  20. He is content to draw the most flippant of morals from the story.
    他满足于从故事中引出最轻率的教训。
  21. This is no flippant question: if the nuptials actually happened, they have the potential to be one of the most predecedent-setting state weddings of the decade.
    这不是一个轻率的问题:如果婚礼真的举行,他们可能会成为这10年来最能开创先例的总统婚礼之一。
  22. Be careful you may frighten someone that you should get to know more intimately if you are too flippant.
    如果你很轻率的话就可能吓到本来应该亲密的人。
  23. John was offended by the doctor's flippant attitude.
    约翰被医生轻率的态度而激怒。
  24. Of which he was really so proud, though he pretended to be flippant about it.
    他对于这个大林园,虽然表示得满不在乎的样子,其实他是非常得意的。
  25. Mr Cassano was even blunter, telling investors in August 2007 that without being flippant the company could not envisage a scenario that would see us losing$ 1 in any of those transactions.
    卡萨诺更直言不讳,他在2007年8月告诉投资人说,毫不轻率地说,公司想不出我们在所有那些交易中亏损1美元的情形。
  26. I'm not going to say anything flippant or ironic to you.
    我不说任何嘲笑你的话。
  27. Kim: How can you be so flippant when you have such a long headline?
    金:你智能线这么长,怎么为人这么轻率啊?
  28. In fact, says Mr Gudkov of Levada, this self-mockery was not a reasoned rejection of the Soviet system; it was playful and flippant.
    勒瓦达中心的古德科夫认为,实际上这种自我嘲讽并不是一种对苏联体系的理性否决,它带有戏谑轻浮的色彩。
  29. Practical means should be carried out to prevent academic Flippant and corruption, safeguard the dignity of academy and advocate academic honesty.
    要采取切实措施避免学风浮躁,遏制学术腐败,维护学术尊严,倡行学术诚信。
  30. Research into the college students 'flippant psychology in study
    大学生的学习浮躁心理研究

英英释义

adj

  1. showing inappropriate levity

      Synonym:    light-minded