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词根:imprudent
adj.imprudent 轻率的,鲁莽的;不小心的
n.imprudence 轻率,鲁莽的行为
Adverb
1. in an imprudent manner;
"imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy"
Middle English, from Latin imprudent-, imprudens, from in- + prudent-, prudens prudent
The first known use of imprudent was in the 14th century
impudentadjective
showing scorn for or disregard of others : insolent, disrespectful
impudentadjective
showing scorn for or disregard of others : insolent, disrespectful
impudencenoun
impudent behavior or speech : insolence, disrespect
imprudentadjective
not prudent : rash, unwise
1 With defense spending already bulging close to $800 billion in nominal terms, various constituencies within the Department of Defense feel that their priorities are not being met; allowing nuclear weapons spending to surge would be both infeasible and imprudent.
2 But matrimony did not stop the way Azzad shuttled between the women, and at one point in the comings and goings, he presented Alonna with divorce papers, which she imprudently signed and came to regret.
3 If, as Bennet believes, the Democratic nomination competition has become “more fluid,” it is because Harris, Sanders, Warren and Biden have imprudently spoken their minds.
4 While the delighted pirates were enjoying their instrumental music, the skipper and nine of the crew took occasion to escape in a boat which had been imprudently concealed on the river bank.
5 Hopkins expressed concerns the city was setting a fiscally imprudent precedent with such a large settlement, but other council members and a representative from the city’s Law Department disagreed.
6 The United States imprudently rushed into war in Iraq in 2003.
7 Since it had been imprudently encouraged by the king, that plaguy Third Estate had been giving itself airs, flaunting its arrogant pretensions and propounding its ridiculous demands from every country cabaret.
8 Lynne Abraham, a lawyer and former Philadelphia District Attorney, called the motion a “Hail Mary pass” that was not based on any legal theory that the judge had acted imprudently.
9 The plumbing store shows two small windows on its second floor, with a door between them that oddly and imprudently opens to neither steps nor a balcony.
10 What was imprudently given, must be therefore prudently revoked; and what was inconsiderately bestowed must be considerately recalled....
11 The United States imprudently abolished the Office of Technology Assessment two decades ago.
12 Bruno Placido, a member of one of the vigilante groups active in Guerrero, told local media the couple had acted "imprudently" when they had refused to stop at the roadblock.
13 The government had pledged a raft of tax reductions once that was achieved, but imprudently enacted them late last year.
14 In 1834, Audubon chastised the British government for acting “imprudently and too precipitously” when it freed those enslaved in the Caribbean.
15 At this moment she was just at her own door, which John Ferguson imprudently opening that she might enter, the Indians without shot him dead as he presented himself.
16 Old Men who often expose themselves imprudently to the Sun, are little apprized of all the Danger they incur by it.
17 Equally they could be the imprudently expressed justification of an escapist drama, with no pretensions to realism, of a reasonable man who knows his market.
18 Fauci has urged extreme caution as some cities and states move to reopen businesses, warning that doing so imprudently could lead to a resurgence of the coronavirus.
19 She felt that she was acting imprudently in allowing herself to be drawn into the affair, but she was sorry for the man.
20 She seemed ashamed, and with much reserve in her manner said, that it was her fault; she had underrated the distance, and imprudently allowed her father to start too late in the day.