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the impertinence of (sb/sth/doing sth)
The impertinence of his question shocked everyone.
他问题的无礼让所有人震惊。
鲁莽；无礼
impertinences — plural of impertinence
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鲁莽；无礼
Rudeness or disrespect; insolence.
The impertinence of his question shocked everyone.
他问题的无礼让所有人震惊。
缺乏相关性；不相关。
Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
不礼貌的实例；不礼貌的时刻
An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
不合适；不当
The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
无礼；放肆
Insolence; impudence.
His impertinence in interrupting the speaker was met with disapproving looks.
他打断发言者的无礼行为遭到了不满的目光。
The teacher scolded the student for his impertinence of discussing irrelevant topics during class.
老师责备学生在课堂上讨论不相关话题的不恰当行为。
She showed great impertinence by making sarcastic remarks to her boss.
她对老板说讽刺的话，显得非常鲁莽。
The impertinence of his question shocked everyone.
他问题的无礼让所有人震惊。
It was sheer impertinence to criticize her in public.
公开批评她纯粹是无礼。
常用于指责他人行为不当。
She had the impertinence to tell me I was wrong.
她竟敢无礼地说我错了。
Not this
That was an impertinence remark.
Use this
That was an impertinent remark.
impertinence是名词，不能直接修饰名词，应改为形容词impertinent。
Not this
He showed impertinence with his boss.
Use this
He showed impertinence toward his boss.
表示“对某人无礼”时，impertinence后应接介词to或toward，而非with。
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竟敢无礼地做某事
He had the impertinence to contradict his boss.
他竟敢无礼地反驳老板。
十足的无礼；纯粹的放肆
Asking her age was sheer impertinence.
问她的年龄实在是太无礼了。
请原谅我的冒昧
Pardon my impertinence, but are you new here?
请原谅我冒昧，请问你是新来的吗？
无礼的行为举动
Walking out mid-speech was an act of impertinence.
演讲中途离开是无礼的行为。
年轻人的鲁莽无礼
The writer later apologized for the impertinence of youth.
作者后来为其年轻时的鲁莽无礼道歉。
竟然无礼到做某事；胆敢做某事
She had the impertinence to ask for a raise after only a week.
她只工作一周就胆敢要求加薪。
年轻人的鲁莽；年少气盛
With the impertinence of youth, he contradicted the professor.
带着年轻人的鲁莽，他反驳了教授。
纯粹的无礼；十足的放肆
It was sheer impertinence to speak to her that way.
那样跟她说话纯粹是无礼。
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记忆联想：impertinence = im（不）+ pertinent（相关的）+ ence（名词），先记“不相关”，再想到对长辈说无关的话就是“无礼”。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary texts、polite complaints 该词为正式用词，多用于正式场合或书面语。最常见的含义是“无礼、放肆”，“不相关”的含义较少见且更正式。
常用单数，指无礼的言行
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