impertinent

英[im'pə:tinənt]美[im'pə:tinənt]

a.
1.无礼的，莽撞的
2.不切题的，不中肯的

同：	[a.] extraneous, fresh, irreverent, pert

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent qucstion, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.——Jacob Bronowski
科学的本质是:提出一个不恰当的问题，于是你便走上了通往恰当答案的路。——布罗诺夫斯基收藏
Characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or impertinent.
轻率的，不慎的以无礼为特征的;侮慢的或粗鲁的收藏
It was impertinent of him to behave like that.
他那种举止很不礼貌。收藏
To stare in an impertinent,flirtatious,or amorous manner.
色迷迷地看用失礼的、轻浮的或好色的方式盯着看收藏
I am rather ill,as you see.And then, he had been saying impertinent things to me for a long time
我原有一点病，您知道吗,并且他向我罗嗦了好些时候。收藏

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characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
[同] impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
- an issue extraneous to the debate
- the price was immaterial
- mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point
[同] extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal

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