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

• 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。
• Many assailed him with gibes and sneers; others resorted to insolence and threats.
  许多人用辱骂和讥诮来攻击他；还有人用蛮横和恫吓的手段对付他。
• Their feeling is rather presumptuous insolence.
  他们的感觉是相当的专横傲慢。
• When one really thinks of it, the cool insolence of that performance was something rare!
  认真想起来，那场表演的冷酷无礼，实在是罕见的。
• Mary repaid his insolence in kind.
  玛丽对他的傲慢态度还以傲慢态度。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such insolence will lose you your situation.
  如此无礼的态度将会使你失去你的职位。
• His overbearing insolence angered everyone.
  他的傲慢无礼激起了大家的愤怒。
• 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。