The diminutive 15th-century sculpture is also an icon for locals , who say he embodies their irreverence .
这尊建于15世纪的小型雕像对当地人来说也是一种象征,他们说他代表了他们挑战权威的精神。
The comedy series has been gevenextra time this year because the irreverence and wit of th eprogramme is so popular .
今年这部喜剧系列片增加了播出时间,因为节目中的不敬内容和妙语受到普遍欢迎。
Its combination of strident secularism , irreverence and willingness to tackle controversial political issues led to its success .
尖锐的世俗主义、不敬言论以及意图操作争议性的政治议题使它成功。
I am not against this development : I like facebook , I like twitter , I like youtube and the way the online environment 's relative irreverence has seeped into newsrooms and companies and made them a bit less stuffy .
Slang : a kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech , made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of standard terms for added raciness , humor , irreverence , or other effect .
With spontaneous irreverence , satire rearranges perspectives , scrambles familiar objects into incongruous juxtaposition , and speaks in a personal idiom instead of abstract platitude .