| 词汇 | flippancy |
| 释义 | flippancy noun[ U ] uk /ˈflɪp.ən.si/ us /ˈflɪp.ən.si/ the quality of not being serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever: 轻率;浮夸 When she frowned, he regretted his flippancy. This is not the time for flippancy.现在不是轻率行事的时候。 See flippant He spoke with a flippancy he was far from feeling. All the flippancy was suddenly gone from her face. She avoided flippancy when responding to concerns. Not showing careful thought airily airiness airy bang something out bash bash something out frivolously ill-conceived incaution incautious incautiously off the cuffidiom pat preconceived shallow shallowly shallowness shoot from the hipidiom unreflective unthinking Examples of flippancyflippancy In this context, the ministry wanted a name that was easily memorable but avoided charges of flippancy. What is the difference between ' flippancy' and playful ambiguity ? Their flippancy detracts from the seriousness of death, which therefore makes them preferable to more direct terms like die. Excusing the flippancy, there is nothing very much any of us can do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he now consider that he himself is also guilty of procrastination and flippancy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He seems to confound flippancy with sound reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the circumstances, is not the suggestion that he does not know the reason something in the nature of an irrelevant flippancy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is often flippant, and we do not object to that, because sometimes flippancy is better than dullness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps because it is getting late now, that flippancy has not been so apparent in the last hour or so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We asked, not for reasons of flippancy, if it was possible to express these matters clearly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a matter not for flippancy but for serious consideration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He dealt with our views with flippancy and insult. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from irrelevant flippancies, is it not a fact that the drug is really of great use in certain cases and cannot be dispensed with? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we may sometimes be a little less enthusiastic about his flippancies from the sidelines, especially when dealing with important international gatherings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is very dangerous to mention the name of a fundamental thinker in 1938, in this age of superficiality and flippancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of flippancy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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