| 词汇 | irreverence |
| 释义 | irreverence noun[ U ] uk /ɪˈrev.ər.əns/ us /ɪˈrev.ɚ.əns/ the quality of not showing the expected respect for official, important, or holy things: 不敬，无礼 The book is written with good humour and irreverence.这本书是用幽默和不敬的口吻写就的。 Such behaviour is typical of the cheeky irreverence the band display onstage.这种行为典型地体现了该乐队在舞台上的厚颜无耻。 See irreverent His style is a mixture of irreverence and dry wit. The film has a healthy dose of irreverence towards the relationship between the two characters. She has an irreverence that is refreshing. 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 irreverenceirreverence Devices of reflection and re-scaling are extracted from an architectural context and employed with quirky irreverence in this exhibition of models, drawings and ready-mades. The birds' irreverence for what humans hold most sacred is amusing. It combines a mixture of irreverence and deference to established practices overseas coupled with a low-level orthodoxy, and a sense of appropriation and synthesis. But irreverence takes us only so far. Commercial television often has a refreshing frankness and irreverence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Older people can find the high spirits and irreverence of the young intimidating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was the pressure exerted by female athletes and trainers, their irreverence and their fighting that wrung the odd concession from highly misogynistic sports organisations. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He said that this was a forecast, and adjured us to treat that forecast with "the necessary degree of irreverence". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is now irreverence for an ambassador even to suggest that it is capable of movement, let alone of action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To do so would display insensitivity and indeed irreverence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not about artistic licence; it is not about irreverence; it is about scurrility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His charm and his bump of irreverence were as much a part of his private life as they were part of his public personality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All reverence or irreverence is that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The anti-war sentiment, and the irreverence for the venue in some of the lyrics, offended a number of people. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The park featured six rock environs celebrating rock's culture, lifestyle, legends and irreverence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of irreverence 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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