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 irreverent [ɪ'rɛvərənt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 不敬的, 不逊的, 无礼的



    irreverent
    [ adj ]
    1. showing lack of due respect or veneration

      2. <adj.all>
      irreverent scholars mocking sacred things
      noisy irreverent tourists
    2. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

      3. <adj.all>
      a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
    3. not revering god

      4. <adj.all>


    Irreverent \Ir*rev"er*ent\, a. [L. irreverens, -entis: cf. F.
    irr['e]v['e]rent. See {In-} not, and {Reverent}.]
    Not reverent; showing a lack of reverence; expressive of a
    lack of veneration; as, an irreverent babbler; an irreverent
    jest.

    1. From the Adams Natural Beverage Co. to Zale Corp., these two irreverent business bashers dug for the dirt and found it.
    2. They "helped irreverent new magazine pay its printers' bills," the item said, but then went on to note that advertorials "consumed 10% of (its) pages" and "dangerously blurred the distinction between editorial and advertising material."
    3. "It was our chance to be irreverent, I guess," he said of the recent treatment of the jet. "We treat these planes with such kid gloves all the time, polishing, cleaning and maintaining them like gems.
    4. Host Chevy Chase set an irreverent tone when he addressed the audience: "Good evening, Hollywood phonies." The presentation of the animated shorts award by Mickey Mouse, with an assist from Tom Selleck, was an inspired piece of casting.
    5. Easy, say members of the irreverent comedy troupe Monty Python.
    6. Even some of the words about Congress quoted in the printed program had an irreverent air: _"Congress is so strange.
    7. The two irreverent disc jockeys took calls from American listeners, talked to a relative in Beloit, Wis., and cracked jokes about pollution. "That's something the Russians can relate to," one said.
    8. Since 1983, the American Comedy Network has been producing zany, irreverent skits, mock interviews and fake commercials that disc jockeys around the country use to boost the insanity level of their shows.
    9. Orlando was as much a requiem as a celebration. The composer Ethel Smyth, another attachment, sends a breath of irreverent fresh air through this hothouse informing Virginia that she hated everything Bloomsbury stood for.
    10. The variety show, which made its debut in April 1987, is an unusual, irreverent cornucopia with Miss Ullman as host.
    11. The younger Carter became well known for his down-home and often irreverent witticisms and his beer-drinking at a service station he once owned in Plains.
    12. A strain in relations was evident last summer when Castro banned two Soviet Spanish-language publications because he was offended by their irreverent comments about socialism.
    13. "The best thing that happens is when a veteran says to me, `Thanks for helping me get through Nam,"' said Cronauer, who was on the air from Saigon in 1965-66, entertaining the troops with music and irreverent humor.
    14. But in the atmosphere of Gorbachev's reforms, many Soviet citizens have become openly irreverent toward symbols and celebrations of communist power.
    15. It's sheer pleasure to watch them work, even those in the smaller roles, such as Joan Heal as Jekyll's disapproving housekeeper, and Lionel Jeffries as the doctor's irreverent father.
    16. His first venture into the general business magazine field was Management Week, an irreverent mix of often none too flattering personality profiles, guru potboilers, and 'management' news stories.
    17. A literate, breezy, often irreverent publication, New England Monthly frequently profiles small companies or craftsmen and devotes one issue a year to "local heroes."
    18. He said Sassy will keep its irreverent tone, but added, "We will keep a close watch on the editorial content of the magazine."
    19. His childhood was often grim and, as he writes in the introduction to "Out of the Shelter," an autobiographical novel, his irreverent sense of humor was shaped by air raids and postwar austerity.
    20. The show was energized by the hot-and-cold relationship between Miss Shepherd's sensual princess and Willis' irreverent, street-wise character, David Addison.
    21. A few blocks away in this southwestern Georgia hamlet, a flag flew at half-staff across the street from the gas station where Carter often downed beers while entertaining reporters with his irreverent wit.
    22. It condemned "whatever is irreverent and blasphemous" in the book but said the author should not be killed, as the late Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, demanded.
    23. "This book is not irreverent.
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