impertinence

1. 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 behaviour impertinence or an impertinence .
   1. He was punished for his impertinence.
      他因为冒失无礼受到惩罚。

1. The driver of that taxi-cab seemed to me familiar to the point of impertinence
   那辆出租车的司机在我看来放肆到了无礼的地步。
2. He was punished for his impertinence.
   他因为冒失无礼受到惩罚。
3. Such a remark verges on impertinence.
   这种话近乎无礼。
4. 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。
5. He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again.
   他默默的爱，默默的恨，却又把被爱和被恨看作是不应时宜的工作。
6. If you do not choose to understand me, forgive my impertinence. Your uncle is as much surprised as I am& and nothing but the belief of your being a party concerned would have allowed him to act as he has done.
   如果你一定装作听不懂我的话，那只有请你原谅我失礼了。你舅父也跟我同样地诧异，我们都认为，达西所以要那样做，完全是为了你的缘故。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. The touch of some hands is an impertinence.
   其中，有一些手的触摸是傲慢而无礼的。
10. Instead of a friend in a post-chaise or in a Tilbury, to exchange good things with, and vary the same stale topics over again, for once let me have a truce with impertinence.
    这时既没有与马车上的友人相互絮叨佳肴美味之烦&往往这一陈旧题目可以变着样地喋喋不休，我乃能暂免冒失之举。
11. 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。
12. Dissent can seem like impertinence.
    不同意见有可能显得莽撞无礼。
13. 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。
14. He charitably chose to ignore her impertinence.
    他宽宏地认定还是不理会她的傲慢为好。
15. He will consider it an impertinence.
    他会认为那是很冒失的行为。
16. To the engineers who dominate China's leadership, the rivers'wildness must seem an impertinence.
    在那些中国水电业内占主流的工程师们看来，未开发的河流必定是不能容忍的资源浪费。
17. 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。
18. He had the impertinence to demand a raise.
    他竟冒失地要求增加工资。
19. Gerald upbraided pork for his impertinence, but he knew that he was right.
    杰拉尔德责骂波克的无礼，但他知道他是对的。
20. He ventured this remark without any intention to insult; but heathcliff's violent nature was not prepared to endure the appearance of impertinence from one whom he seemed to hate, even then, as a rival.
    他斗胆说出这番话虽然没有侮辱希斯克利夫的意思，但是希斯克利夫的暴脾气根本就无法忍受这种无礼，尤其是一个他讨厌的人，或者说是对手。
21. Boldness in someone so young is sometimes seen as impertinence.
    一个如此年轻的人的大胆有时被看作是无礼的举动。
22. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. It was difficult to remain equanimous in the face of such preposterous impertinence.
    一个人跟老朋友生离死别可以处之泰然。面对着述种荒谬无礼的行为，很难处之泰然。
23. They had the impertinence to say I stole the money.
    他们说我偷了那笔钱，实在是荒谬。
24. I laughed at her impertinence.
    她如此傲慢，倒使我笑了。
25. Marianne, who had never much toleration for anything like impertinence, vulgarity, inferiority of parts, or even difference of taste from herself.
    玛丽安对于无礼，粗俗，才能低下，甚至与自己的爱好不相同这类事情都是不能容忍的。
26. Elizabeth felt all the impertinence of her questions, but answered them very composedly.
    伊丽莎白觉得她这些话问得唐突，不过还是心平气和地回答了他。
27. You'll apologize to me for your impertinence, or you'll quit the office instantly!
    你这样放肆，非向我道歉不可！不然，你给我马上滚！
28. I've never come across such impertinence before!
    我以前从未见过这么粗俗无礼的举动。
29. We'll discuss your impertinence later, young lady.
    我们等会儿再讨论你的粗鲁行为，小姐。
30. 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。

noun

1. inappropriate playfulness

   Synonym:    perkinesspertnesssaucinessarchness

2. the trait of being rude and impertinent

   Synonym:    crustgallimpudenceinsolencecheekinessfreshness

3. an impudent statement

   Synonym:    impudencecheek