| 单词 | irreverent |
| 释义 | irreverent (once / 1982 pages) adj If you are irreverent, you don’t show respect toward something, like your irreverent singing of your school's alma mater in a funny voice. To be irreverent doesn’t necessarily mean you don't like something; it’s just that you don’t display the same honor for it that other people do. You might have a more light-hearted approach, poking fun of the way other people seem to almost blindly show their devotion. For example, when people at the Louvre are standing in hushed awe in front of the "Mona Lisa" it would be irreverent to holler "What's so great about that?" WORD FAMILYirreverent: irreverence, irreverently+/irreverence: irreverences/revere: revered, reverent, reveres, revering/reverence: reverenced, reverences, reverencing, reverential/reverent: irreverent, reverence, reverenter, reverently/reverential: reverentially USAGE EXAMPLESBut if one thing connects Ms. Bening’s many onscreen women, it is the mischievous confidence she brings to that simple, irreverent question, “Why not?” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Ms. Fisher also wrote two wide-ranging and irreverent memoirs. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Saturday: The Reduced Shakespeare Company abandons the Bard for its irreverent holiday season performance,“The Ultimate Christmas Show,” at BlackRock Center for the Arts. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) 1adj showing lack of due respect or veneration irreverent scholars mocking sacred things noisy irreverent tourists Syn|Ant disrespectful exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous blasphemous, profane, sacrilegiousgrossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred aweless, awless, disrespectfulneither feeling nor showing respect reverent feeling or showing profound respect or veneration respectfulfull of or exhibiting respect adoring, worshipfulshowing adoration awed, awfulinspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence respectful, reverential, veneratingfeeling or manifesting veneration 2adj not revering god Syn godless impious lacking piety or reverence for a god 3adj characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner Syn impertinent, pert, saucy spirited displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness |
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