Word · Frequency #21868
impertinent
无礼的；放肆的
Insolent, rude, or disrespectful; improperly forward or bold.
- 1.
Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
无礼的,粗鲁或不尊重的；不顾他人的
- 2.
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
具有轻松活泼的特质
- 3.
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
与正在考虑的事项无关
- 4.
improperly forward or bold
不当的放肆或大胆
不相关的；离题的；活泼俏皮的；无礼的,粗鲁或不尊重的；不顾他人的；具有轻松活泼的特质；与正在考虑的事项无关
In use
The child's impertinent remark to the teacher earned him a detention.
She considered his question about her salary impertinent and refused to answer.
It was impertinent of him to interrupt the speaker during the formal presentation.
mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
be impertinent to sb
形容对某人粗鲁或不尊重。
The student was impertinent to the teacher.
那个学生对老师无礼。
it is impertinent of sb to do sth
it作形式主语，真正主语是不定式。
Connections
Collocations
- impertinent question
- 无礼的问题
- The reporter asked an impertinent question about her private life.记者问了一个关于她私生活的无礼问题。
- impertinent remark
- 无礼的言语
- His impertinent remark earned him a stern look from the teacher.他无礼的言语招来了老师严厉的目光。
- impertinent child
- 无礼的孩子
- She scolded the impertinent child for talking back to his grandmother.她责骂那个无礼的孩子，因为他跟祖母顶嘴。
- impertinent behavior
- 无礼的行为
- Such impertinent behavior will not be tolerated in this office.这种无礼的行为在本办公室是不会被容忍的。
- impertinent reply
- 无礼的回应
- The clerk gave an impertinent reply to a customer's complaint.那名职员对顾客的投诉作出了无礼的回应。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把impertinent拆成im（不）和pertinent（中肯的），想象说话不中肯、东拉西扯就是无礼。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、academic discourse、official criticism impertinent 是正式用词，多用于书面语或正式批评，指无礼、放肆或不尊重；在学术或正式文体中也可表示“不相关的”。日常口语中较少见，更常用 rude 或 cheeky。
Grammar Note
通常为定语或表语，也可用于'it is impertinent of someone to do something'结构。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'pertinent' and 'pert' share a similar spelling but differ in pronunciation.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.