showing that you do not take something as seriously as other people think you should轻率的- a flippant answer/attitude轻率的回答；轻浮的态度
- Sorry, I didn't mean to sound flippant.对不起，我并不是故意油嘴滑舌的。🔊🔊
- You can’t afford to be flippant about such matters.您不能对这类事情轻描淡写。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFlippant is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent.: from flip + -ant, perhaps on the pattern of heraldic terms such as couchant and rampant. Early senses included ‘nimble’ and ‘talkative’, hence ‘playful’, giving rise to the current use ‘lacking seriousness’.