If you say that someone is being insolent, you mean they are being rude to someone they ought to be respectful to.
例句
...her insolent stare...她無(wú)禮的瞪視The officer stamped his boot. 'Don't be insolent with me, mademoiselle.'軍官跺跺靴子：“小姐,別對(duì)我無(wú)禮。”
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
粗野的；無(wú)禮的；侮慢的
an insolent stare無(wú)禮的凝視At these insolent words her anger rose.聽(tīng)了這些傲慢無(wú)禮的話,她冒火了。His insolent manner really got my blood up.他那專橫的態(tài)度把我的肺都?xì)庹恕?/i>
The bandit bared his teeth in an insolent smile.那匪徒齜牙咧嘴地獰笑。Well,he had shown the insolent fellow the door.哼,他已經(jīng)把那個(gè)傲慢無(wú)禮的家伙趕走了。
n.
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. marked by casual disrespect;
"a flip answer to serious question""the student was kept in for impudent behavior"
2. unrestrained by convention or propriety;
"an audacious trick to pull""a barefaced hypocrite""the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times"bold-faced lies""brazen arrogance""the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell