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

• Mary repaid his insolence in kind.
  玛丽对他的傲慢态度还以傲慢态度。
• I could not endure the insolence of his behaviour.
  我不能再忍受他那傲慢无礼的行为了。
• I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister and the insolence of his mother.
  我必须与他姐姐的冷酷和他母亲的专横抗争。
• I find your insolence disturbing.
  你的傲慢让人恶心。
• 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 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。
• He had the insolence to tell me to leave the room.
  他竟然无礼地叫我离开房间。
• 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。