flippant

flippant

英 ['flɪp(ə)nt]
　　美 ['flɪpənt]

adj. 輕率的；嘴碎的；沒禮貌的

中文詞源：

flippant 輕率的

來自flip, 輕率的，魯莽的。

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。

2. Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious!
該死，不要不當回事！這是很嚴肅的！

3. It was a flippant and unfeeling remark.
這番話既輕率又無情。

4. Don't be flippant, damn it! This is serious.
別不當回事，該死！這可不是鬧著玩兒的事。

5. He now dismisses that as a flippant comment.
他現在把那當作輕率的隨口一說不再理會瞭。