irreverent

• adj. 不敬的，無禮的

ir-,不，非，reverent,尊敬的。

irreverent (adj.)

mid-15c., from Latin irreverentem (see irreverence). Related: Irreverently (early 15c.); irreverential.

1. Taylor combined great knowledge with an irreverent attitude to history.

泰勒知識淵博，而且並不把曆史太當回事。

來自柯林斯例句

2. an irreverent attitude to tradition

不把傳統放在眼裏的態度

來自《權威詞典》

3. He employs an irreverent humour to salt his observation.

他運用玩世不恭的幽默使他的評論更加有趣.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. It's irreverent for a man not to take his hat off in church.

一個人在教堂裏不脫帽子是無禮的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. But it were irreverent to describe that revelation.

但是要描述這次揭示實在是大不敬.

來自英漢文學 - 紅字