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If someone is irreverent, they do not show the respect that most other people show for organisations, customs, beliefs, or important figures. An irreverent comedian makes jokes about things many people treat as serious or sacred. The word often carries a smile: may praise an irreverent film because it feels honest and not stiff. It can still upset people who wanted more respect. Use it for a person, a tone, a joke, or a style — not as a fancy way to say “not important” or “not relevant.”
不敬的;帶調侃、不把權威當一回事時,也說玩世不恭
組成ir- (“not”) + reverent. From Latin irreverēns.
同家族的字
- reverentshowing deep respect
- irreverencethe noun
- reverencethe noun for that deep respect
原始詞典資料1 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。
irreverentadj/ɪəˈɹɛ.və.ɹənt/
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Lacking respect; not having or not showing respect for or seriousness towards something that is usually treated with respect; going against conventional precepts.
- an irreverent new work
- an irreverent examination of reviewing
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。