音标:['flipәnt] ;
a. 轻率的, 没礼貌的, 嘴碎的
s. showing inappropriate levity

考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
形容词100%

flippant的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. John was offended by the doctor's flippant attitude.约翰被医生轻率的态度而激怒。
  2. He is content to draw the most flippant of morals from the story.他满足于从故事中引出最轻率的教训。
  3. He just gave me a flippant answer.他漫不经心随口给了我一个答案。
  4. She is flippant in her behavior.她举止轻佻。
  5. Sorry, I didn't mean to sound flippant.对不起,我并不是故意油嘴滑舌的。

经典引文

  • I should never have talked in this flippant, superficial way.

    出自:E. M. Forster
  • He resents the flippant mirth of those whom he regards as his inferiors.

    出自:G. A. Birmingham
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