flippant
英 ['fl?p(?)nt]
美 ['fl?p?nt]
助記提示
1. flip: 無禮的、輕率的、油腔滑調(diào)的。
2. flip雙寫p加-ant.
3. 諧音“非禮拍她”-----沒有禮貌地拍她。
中文詞源
flippant 輕率的來自flip, 輕率的，魯莽的。
英文詞源
- flippant (adj.)
- c. 1600, "talkative, nimble in talk;" 1670s, "displaying unbecoming levity," apparently an extended form of flip (v.). The ending is perhaps modeled on other adjectives in -ant or a relic of the Middle English present participle ending -inde. Shortened form flip is attested from 1847. Related: Flippantly.
雙語例句
- 1. I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.
- 我本無意冒犯，那不過是句脫口而出的冒失話。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious!
- 該死，不要不當(dāng)回事！這是很嚴(yán)肅的！
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was a flippant and unfeeling remark.
- 這番話既輕率又無情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious.
- 別不當(dāng)回事，該死！這可不是鬧著玩兒的事。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He now dismisses that as a flippant comment.
- 他現(xiàn)在把那當(dāng)作輕率的隨口一說不再理會了。
來自柯林斯例句