effrontery

英 [ɪˈfrʌntəri]

美 [ɪˈfrʌntəri]

n.  厚颜无耻的行为; 傲慢鲁莽的举止

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BNC.34635 / COCA.35532

牛津词典

noun

• 厚颜无耻的行为；傲慢鲁莽的举止
  behaviour that is confident and very rude, without any feeling of shame

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 厚颜无耻;放肆;粗鲁
  Effronteryis behaviour that is bold, rude, or disrespectful.
  1. One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man.
     那人十足的厚颜无耻让人们吃惊得无话可说。

英英释义

noun

• audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
  1. he despised them for their presumptuousness
  Synonym:presumptionpresumptuousnessassumption

双语例句

• That indestructible, inward effrontery in the meagre fellow was what made men so down on Michaelis.
  蔑克里斯这种不可毁灭的内在的厚颜无耻，便是使男子们憎恶他的原因。
• They had the effrontery to tell me that I was a real dag.
  他们厚颜无耻地说我没有品位。
• They protected themselves from the burning sun with a black umbrella and were quite oblivious to the effrontery of the people who watched them pass by.
  她们都擎着黑伞以躲避灼人的阳光，但对同样灼人的路边恬不知耻的观客的目光，她们毫不在意，从容走过。
• Only a person who is congenitally self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.
  只有生来以自我为中心的人才会厚颜无耻、持之以恒地去写散文。
• A cynic would take one look at the chromic effrontery of the S-class's new grille and think: China.
  愤世嫉俗之人会看一眼S级新进气格栅的铬合金装饰条，心里想到：中国。
• At this point I expected to have to quell a revolt, or at least quieten things down while those who objected to this effrontery walked out.
  那一刻，我预期自己将不得不平息人们的反驳，或者至少在那些反对这种放肆行为的人起身退场之时，让会场平静下来。
• He admired the effrontery with which she bargained.
  他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲。
• One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man.
  那人十足的厚颜无耻让人们吃惊得无话可说。
• The effrontery of his deceptions inside and outside the conference room could be enraging.
  他在会议室内外放肆的欺骗手段简直令人怒火中烧。
• He arrived late, was silent all evening and then had the effrontery to complain that I looked bored!
  他姗姗来迟，整个晚上一声不响，然后竟有脸抱怨我看起来很无聊。