flippant
英 ['flɪp(ə)nt]
美 ['flɪpənt]
助记提示
1. flip: 无礼的、轻率的、油腔滑调的。
2. flip双写p加-ant.
3. 谐音“非礼拍她”-----没有礼貌地拍她。
中文词源
flippant 轻率的来自flip, 轻率的，鲁莽的。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. I didn't mean any offence. It was a flippant, off-the-cuff remark.
- 我本无意冒犯，那不过是句脱口而出的冒失话。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious!
- 该死，不要不当回事！这是很严肃的！
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was a flippant and unfeeling remark.
- 这番话既轻率又无情。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious.
- 别不当回事，该死！这可不是闹着玩儿的事。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He now dismisses that as a flippant comment.
- 他现在把那当作轻率的随口一说不再理会了。
来自柯林斯例句