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

• He has achieved this partly through sheer verbal effrontery, as in his badmouthing of George bush.
  他有今天的成就，部分功劳是他那完全口头的厚颜无耻行为，正如他恶意诋毁美国乔治？布什总统。
• 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。
• How can he have had the effrontery to say "piss off!" to you?
  他怎么会这样无耻，竟然对你“滚开！”呢？
• He had the effrontery to suggest that she enjoyed being unhappy.
  他无耻地大胆暗示，她喜欢不幸。
• 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。
• 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。
• Effrontery is a disgrace.
  无耻也就是可耻。
• He admired the effrontery with which she bargained.
  他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲。
• For them to front an evil with plain speech is to be guilty of effrontery.
  对他们来说，与魔鬼开诚布公的讲话是一种厚颜无耻的罪过。
• 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。