insolence

英 [ˈɪnsələns]

美 [ˈɪnsələns]

n.  无礼；蛮横；侮辱性言行；傲慢的行为

GRE法律

BNC.24562 / COCA.27276

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 傲慢的;无礼的;侮慢的
  If you say that someone is beinginsolent, you mean they are being rude to someone they ought to be respectful to.
  1. ...her insolent stare...
     她无礼的瞪视
  2. The officer stamped his boot. 'Don't be insolent with me, mademoiselle.'
     军官跺跺靴子：“小姐,别对我无礼。”

英英释义

noun

• an offensive disrespectful impudent act
• the trait of being rude and impertinent
  Synonym:crustgallimpertinenceimpudencecheekinessfreshness

双语例句

• I was taken to mother superior for my insolence.
  我因傲慢无礼而被带去见女修道院院长。
• Go with Mrs Dean, and keep with her; and confine your insolence to her ears.
  跟丁太太去吧，跟她呆在一起，把你傲慢的话都说给她听吧。
• ( used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly. I should never mistake informality for insolence.
  （用来指举止无礼的小孩）没有礼貌、任性。我决不会把不拘礼节错认为蛮横无礼。
• Our patience has been taxed with reaching its limit by his insolence.
  我们对他的蛮横已经忍无可忍了。
• His overbearing insolence angered everyone.
  他的傲慢无礼激起了大家的愤怒。
• He had his monkey up at this last piece of insolence and struck the intruder.
  他对这最后无礼的举动忍无可忍，打了那个闯入者。
• She had that dumb-silent insolence that teachers find so disturbing.
  她那种不发一言的傲慢令老师们很不安。
• I can not do with him and his insolence.
  我无法忍受他和他的傲慢。
• Silence can upset some people who interpret it as dumb insolence.
  沉默会使某些人不高兴，他们把它解释为无言的侮辱。
• I have always abhorred insolence in children.
  我一向憎恶孩子的无礼。