| 单词 | insolent |
| 释义 | insolent (once / 419 pages) adj Someone who's insolent is either really doing her own thing, even if it goes against what everyone else is doing, or she’s mildly disrespectful. That student in your class who is constantly snubbing the teacher, snorting when he gives assignments, and rolling her eyes when he reads passages aloud from your vocabulary textbook? Insolent, definitely insolent. There might be another student who adorns her school uniform with pins and ribbons, cuts her hair shorter than the dress code allows, and rolls her socks down. This student is also insolent, in the sense that she defies the rules. WORD FAMILYinsolent: insolence, insolenter, insolently+/insolence: insolences USAGE EXAMPLESHis gestures are harsh, angular and sketchy – insolent, asexual, frequently reminiscent of those of the Scarlet Hex Witch of the comic books. The Guardian(Oct 16, 2016) This hits home in a way that a direct attack on the insolent, impervious figure of Trump himself does not. The Guardian(Oct 14, 2016) On the other hand, he has landed in trouble in the past and still has moments of being hardheaded, insolent, lazy and less-than-truthful. Washington Post(Sep 22, 2016) 1adj marked by casual disrespect Syn flip, impudent, snotty-nosed disrespectful exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous 2adj unrestrained by convention or propriety "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell Syn audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, bodacious, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced unashamed used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame |
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