impertinent

adjective

/ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənt/

/ɪmˈpɜːrtnənt/

rude and not showing respect for somebody who is older or more important粗鲁无礼的；不敬的 synonym impolite
- an impertinent question/child没有礼貌的提问／孩子
- Would it be impertinent to ask why you're leaving?问一下你为什么要离开不知是否唐突？
- She found the question highly impertinent.她觉得那个问题极不礼貌。
Synonyms rude
rude
- cheeky
- insolent
- disrespectful
- impolite
- impertinent
- discourteous
These are all words for people showing a lack of respect for other people.
- rude having or showing a lack of respect for other people and their feelings:
  Why are you so rude to your mother?你为什么对你的母亲这么没礼貌？
  It’s rude to speak when you’re eating.吃东西时说话不礼貌。
- cheeky (British English, informal) (especially of children) rude in a funny or an annoying way:
  You cheeky monkey!你这厚脸皮的猴崽子！
  a cheeky grin厚颜无耻的龇牙一笑
- insolent (rather formal) very rude, especially to somebody who is older or more important （尤指对长者、重要人士）粗野的、无礼的、侮慢的Insolent is used especially to talk about the behaviour of children towards adults.
- disrespectful (rather formal) showing a lack of respect for somebody/something:指不尊敬、无礼、轻蔑：
  Some people said he had been disrespectful to the president in his last speech.有些人说他在最近一次讲话中对总统不尊重。
- impolite (rather formal) not behaving in a pleasant way that follows the rules of society:指不礼貌、粗鲁：
  Some people think it is impolite to ask someone’s age.有些人认为询问别人的年龄是不礼貌的。
  Impolite is often used in the phrases It seemed impolite and It would be impolite.
- impertinent (rather formal) not showing respect for somebody who is older or more important 指（对长者或重要人士）粗鲁无礼、不尊敬Impertinent is often used by people such as parents and teachers when they are telling children that they are angry with them for being rude: Don’t be impertinent!
- discourteous (formal) having bad manners and not showing respect:指不礼貌、失礼、粗鲁：
  He didn’t wish to appear discourteous.他不想显得没礼貌。
Patterns
- rude/cheeky/disrespectful/impolite/discourteous to somebody
- rude/impolite/impertinent to do something
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- seem
- deem something
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
词源late Middle English (originally referring to something as irrelevant): from Old French, or from late Latin impertinent- ‘not having reference to’, from Latin in- ‘not’ + pertinere ‘pertain’.

词汇	impertinent
释义	impertinent adjective /ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənt/ /ɪmˈpɜːrtnənt/ rude and not showing respect for somebody who is older or more important粗鲁无礼的；不敬的 synonym impolite an impertinent question/child没有礼貌的提问／孩子 Would it be impertinent to ask why you're leaving?问一下你为什么要离开不知是否唐突？ She found the question highly impertinent.她觉得那个问题极不礼貌。 Synonyms ruderude cheeky insolent disrespectful impolite impertinent discourteous These are all words for people showing a lack of respect for other people. rude having or showing a lack of respect for other people and their feelings: Why are you so rude to your mother?你为什么对你的母亲这么没礼貌？ It’s rude to speak when you’re eating.吃东西时说话不礼貌。 cheeky (British English, informal) (especially of children) rude in a funny or an annoying way: You cheeky monkey!你这厚脸皮的猴崽子！ a cheeky grin厚颜无耻的龇牙一笑 insolent (rather formal) very rude, especially to somebody who is older or more important （尤指对长者、重要人士）粗野的、无礼的、侮慢的Insolent is used especially to talk about the behaviour of children towards adults. disrespectful (rather formal) showing a lack of respect for somebody/something:指不尊敬、无礼、轻蔑： Some people said he had been disrespectful to the president in his last speech.有些人说他在最近一次讲话中对总统不尊重。 impolite (rather formal) not behaving in a pleasant way that follows the rules of society:指不礼貌、粗鲁： Some people think it is impolite to ask someone’s age.有些人认为询问别人的年龄是不礼貌的。 Impolite is often used in the phrases It seemed impolite and It would be impolite. impertinent (rather formal) not showing respect for somebody who is older or more important 指（对长者或重要人士）粗鲁无礼、不尊敬Impertinent is often used by people such as parents and teachers when they are telling children that they are angry with them for being rude: Don’t be impertinent! discourteous (formal) having bad manners and not showing respect:指不礼貌、失礼、粗鲁： He didn’t wish to appear discourteous.他不想显得没礼貌。 Patterns rude/cheeky/disrespectful/impolite/discourteous to somebody rude/impolite/impertinent to do something Topics Personal qualitiesc2 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be seem deem something … adverb extremely fairly very … 词源late Middle English (originally referring to something as irrelevant): from Old French, or from late Latin impertinent- ‘not having reference to’, from Latin in- ‘not’ + pertinere ‘pertain’.
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