impertinent 是形容词,可作定语或表语。作表语时,常用结构为 be impertinent to sb,表示“对某人无礼”,例如 “He was impertinent to his teacher.”(他对老师无礼。)也可用于 be impertinent of sb to do sth,表示“某人做某事是无礼的”,例如 “It was impertinent of you to interrupt.”(你插嘴是无礼的。)此外,它可接 that 从句,如 “It is impertinent that he should say such things.”(他说这样的话太无礼了。)注意其副词形式为 impertinently,名词为 impertinence。易错点在于混淆其“无礼”和“不相关”两个含义,需根据语境判断。