insolent
insolent 英 [ˈɪnsələnt] 美 [ˈɪnsələnt]
adj. 无礼的；傲慢的；粗野的；无耻的
- Someone who's insolent is either really doing her own thing, even if it goes against what everyone else is doing, or she’s mildly disrespectful.
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- adj. 无礼的；傲慢的；粗野的；无耻的
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1. Towards the middle of the last century a change took place, prison songs and thieves' ritournelles assumed, so to speak, an insolent and jovial mien.
但在上一世纪的中叶，却起了变化。 监狱里的歌，歹徒们经常唱的曲调，可以说，有了种傲慢和欢快的姿态。
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2. They proceeded in silence along the gravel walk that led to the copse; Elizabeth was determined to make no effort for conversation with a woman who was now more than usually insolent and disagreeable.
两人默默无声地沿着一条通到小树林的鹅卵石铺道往前走。 伊丽莎白只觉得这个老妇人比往常更傲慢，更其令人讨厌，因此拿定主张，决不先开口跟她说话。
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3. Somewhat disappointed that he did not fight the insolent youth, the students gathered around the old master and questioned him. “How could you endure such an indignity?
大师没有向无礼的年轻人动手，对此，门生们有点儿失望，围过来问他：“您怎能忍受这样的侮辱呢？
- insolent (adj.) late 14c., "contemptuous, arrogant, showing haughty disregard of others," from Latin insolentem (nominative insolens) "arrogant, immoderate," also "unaccustomed, unwonted," literally "unusual, unfamiliar," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + solentem, present participle of solere "be accustomed, be used to; cohabit with," from Proto-Italic *sol-e-.
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