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Impertinence is the noun for that does not show respect, especially to someone older, higher up, or in charge. It is not just any bad manners. It is speaking as if you were their equal, answering back, or asking something that is not your business. Teachers, parents, and bosses still use this word when they are properly displeased. It sounds a little old and a little formal — more like a telling-off in a book than something friends say to each other. Though actually, the word was built to mean “not to the point.” Pertinent means “about the matter in hand.” Impertinence started as a remark that did not belong there. From that it became “you have no right to say that,” and then “how dare you.” So when someone calls a question an impertinence, they may mean it is rude, or that it is none of your business, or both at once.
無禮;沒大沒小(對長輩、上司頂嘴或問不該問的話)
組成im- (not) + pertinent (to the point, about the matter). Borrowed from Middle French impertinence, from impertinent. The pieces still say “not relevant,” though English now uses the noun for rudeness, not for “off-topic.”
同家族的字
- impertinentthe adjective — a person or remark that shows impertinence
- impertinentlythe adverb — in an impertinent way
- pertinentthe living piece inside it: to the point, about the matter in hand
- pertinencethe quality of being to the point — the old opposite of this word
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
impertinencenoun/ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/
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Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
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An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
- "Enough, sir! " he thundered with barely restrained fury. "Enough, I say! Once and for all I must endeavour to rid myself of you and your impertinence.
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The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
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Insolence; impudence.
- "Because," interrupted the actress, "I see things exactly as they are. I calculate my effects, but they do not deceive myself; you, on the contrary, live in a world of illusions, where every thing is called by such an exceedingly fine name, that it seems a downright impertinence to ascertain what it really is."
- The musical has always had a lightness of touch, an impertinence that resembles gay humor.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。