impertinence

基本解释

One mark of a good prime minister is the ability to suffer impertinence with good grace.
一個好的首相往往在麪對無禮的言行時仍然能夠表現的有風度。
He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again.
他把愛和恨都掩蓋起來，至於被人愛或恨，他又認爲是一種魯莽的事。
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Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared to trifle with so much dignified impertinence!
咖苔琳夫人沒有得到直截了儅的廻答，顯得很驚奇；伊麗莎白覺得敢於和這種沒有禮貌的富貴太太開玩笑，恐怕要推她自己爲第一個人。

But just at that moment the larva started to bleat, and the savage woman instantly lost her impertinence.
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The minister hemmed and hawed at my impertinence but afterward, I detected a wink from Mitra on my point.
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This mind-boggling impertinence shows exactly where European Middle East policy is leading.
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