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insolent

英 ['ɪns(ə)l(ə)nt] 美['ɪnsələnt]
  • adj. 无礼的;傲慢的;粗野的;无耻的

英英释意


1. marked by casual disrespect;
"a flip answer to serious question"
"the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety;
"an audacious trick to pull"
"a barefaced hypocrite"
"the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times
"bold-faced lies"
"brazen arrogance"
"the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell