early 15c., "quality of rashness or heedlessness; imprudent act," from Latin imprudentia "lack of foresight, inconsiderateness, ignorance, inadvertence," noun of quality from imprudens (see imprudent).
雙語例句
1. I hinted at his imprudence.
我曾暗示他的不謹(jǐn)慎.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. I hinted at his imprudence, his folly, but he did not take my hint.
我暗示他的輕率, 他的愚蠢, 但他沒有覺察我的暗示.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. I suspect some imprudence of Mr. Franklin's on the Continent.
我疑心是弗半克林先生在歐洲大陸的時(shí)候,有什么不檢點(diǎn)的行為.
來自辭典例句
4. He had the imprudence to run into debt.
他輕率舉債.
來自辭典例句
5. Some dim ideas of imprudence or impropriety in the measure seemed to embrass him considerably.