| 词汇 | insolence |
| 释义 | insolence noun[ U ] uk /ˈɪn.səl.əns/ us /ˈɪn.səl.əns/ rude behaviour that does not show respect: 无礼、侮慢的行为 She tried just to ignore their insolence.她试图忽略他们的无礼行为。 There was no excuse for such insolence.这种无礼行为没有任何借口。 See insolent They should punish his insolence. There was an air of insolence and contempt about her. "Oh, I see," he said with a touch of cool insolence. Rude and cheeky backchat cheekily cheekiness cheeky churlishly churlishness coarse-grained fruity gall indelicate obnoxiousness offensively offensiveness pertly potty mouth sass scatological unceremonious unpleasant unprintable Examples of insolenceinsolence Settlers and colonial officials often associated hat wearing with insolence. Such a correction, per formed in this sequential position and serious manner, is of course provocative, a kind of insolence. I notice the offences for which this corporal punishment of 12 strokes has been imposed include absconding, stealing, persistent unruliness, gross insolence and indecency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Never has the insolence of office, and not only the insolence but the crass ineptitude of office been more nakedly exposed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was general insolence and insubordination and, of course absenteeism and truancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Somebody a good many years ago said that insolence is not invective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have contemptuously delayed, changed, rejected them, as the humour of their insolence suggested. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I, personally, am not perturbed by the insolence of the last speaker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If such people are to tell us the kind of member who is to serve on police authorities, it will be total insolence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He does not argue the matter, and we are forced to put up with the vicarious insolence of the deputy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We would consider that to be most inappropriate, and a piece of insolence on their part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A triumph having been realised, is converted into insolence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They and the whole country would know that they had some protection against bureaucracy and the insolence of office. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They accused him of neglect of duty and insolence, but fortunately his union took the case up, and he was able to get his benefit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The offences in these cases included absconding, stealing, persistent unruliness, gross insolence and indecency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of insolence 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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