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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。
无礼的；放肆的
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无礼的；放肆的
Insolent, rude, or disrespectful; improperly forward or bold.
The student was impertinent to the teacher.
那个学生对老师无礼。
无礼的,粗鲁或不尊重的；不顾他人的
Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
具有轻松活泼的特质
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
与正在考虑的事项无关
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
不当的放肆或大胆
improperly forward or bold
The child's impertinent remark to the teacher earned him a detention.
那个孩子对老师说的无礼话语让他被留堂了。
AI contextual example
She considered his question about her salary impertinent and refused to answer.
她认为他问及她薪水的问题很无礼，拒绝回答。
AI contextual example
It was impertinent of him to interrupt the speaker during the formal presentation.
他在正式演讲中打断发言者是很粗鲁的。
AI contextual example
mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
在最终说到正题之前,他提到了几个无关的事实。
WordNet
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作形式主语，真正主语是不定式。
It was impertinent of him to ask such a personal question.
他问这样私人的问题很无礼。
impertinent常修饰remark, question, behavior等名词。
She made an impertinent remark about his appearance.
她对他的外貌说了一句无礼的话。
Not this
His behavior is an impertinent.
Use this
His behavior is impertinent.
impertinent是形容词，不能用作名词。错误句子中将其当作名词使用，应去掉冠词'an'，直接用形容词作表语。
Not this
He answered impertinent to the teacher.
Use this
He answered impertinently to the teacher.
impertinent是形容词，不能修饰动词。此处需要副词形式impertinently来修饰动词answered。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
对…无礼
Don't be impertinent to your elders.
不要对你的长辈无礼。
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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。
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。
通常为定语或表语，也可用于'it is impertinent of someone to do something'结构。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.