cavalier
cavalier 英 [ˌkævəˈlɪə(r)] 美 [ˌkævəˈlɪr]
n. 骑士；武士；对女人献殷勤 adj. 傲慢的；漫不经心的；无忧无虑的
名词复数:cavaliers
- Cavalier means snobby. Someone who is cavalier has a bad attitude and regards other people as inferior.
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- n. 骑士；武士；对女人献殷勤
- adj. 傲慢的；漫不经心的；无忧无虑的
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1. “ The worst kind of jingoistic hubris, ” a University of Virginia student wrote in the college newspaper, The cavalier Daily.
“这是最差劲的侵略者的傲慢。” 一位弗吉尼亚大学的学生在学院报——《骑士日报》上写道。
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2. There’s more truth in that picture of a cavalier attitude about driving than your parents or grandparents might care to admit.
这种对待驾驶漫不经心的态度背后还有更多的故事，不过你的父母或祖父母不大会承认罢了。
- cavalier (adj.) "disdainful," by 1817, from earlier sense "easy, offhand" (1650s); originally "gallant, knightly, brave" (1640s), from cavalier (n.) in its Elizabethan senses. Related: Cavalierly.
- cavalier (n.) 1580s, "a horseman," especially if armed, from Italian cavalliere "mounted soldier, knight; gentleman serving as a lady's escort," from Late Latin caballarius "horseman," from Vulgar Latin caballus, the common Vulgar Latin word for "horse" (and source of Italian cavallo, French cheval, Spanish caballo, Irish capall, Welsh ceffyl), displacing Latin equus (from PIE root *ekwo-).
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