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单词 irreverent
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Examplesofirreverent

irreverent
It had seemed - and was in part intended as -irreverent, and calculated to make austere churchmen and political moralists appear crude and unsophisticated.
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Theirreverentatmosphere of this early-morning space did not really facilitate 'collecting' musical texts, either for analytical or for pedagogical purposes.
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Though certainly less public, she remained outspoken and at timesirreverent.
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Some people would probably take offense even at the use of their religion in a (somewhatirreverent) fictional example illustrating legal theory-and that is foreseeable.
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In this regard, much of what he writes will be regarded as shocking andirreverent.
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This is a fascinatinglyirreverentand immensely quotable volume.
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Australians had, by the late nineteenth century, a reputation for being somewhatirreverenttowards imperial pomp.
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The writing is best described as ' bouncy ', with a touch ofirreverentexuberance, which would appeal to an undergraduate audience.
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The reasons for the 'decay' of the language are generally traced to indifferent teachers,irreverentmedia moguls, and permissive sociolinguists.
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Her poetic expansion of the affective moments of this extraordinary text cannot be calledirreverent, but it entails a different concept of the holy than that of the ancient authors.
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Obviously this child is completelyirreverentin her approach to assembly.
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I hasten to dissociate myself in the present context from any suchirreverentview about judges here.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I nearly saidirreverent, but one must be careful in one's use of language.
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Perhaps because at this time of night one becomesirreverentthat thought in certain respects had crossed my mind.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I hope he will not be so discourteous andirreverent.
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