impudent
/ˈɪmpjʊdənt/adjective
- not showing due respect for another person; impertinent无礼的, 冒失的:
he could have strangled this impudent upstart.
他真可能扼死这无礼的暴发户。
派生词
impudence
nounimpudently
adverb词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'immodest, indelicate'): from Latin impudent-, from in- 'not' + pudent- 'ashamed, modest' (from pudere 'be ashamed').