effrontery

英 [ɪˈfrʌntəri]

美 [ɪˈfrʌntəri]

n. 厚颜无耻的行为; 傲慢鲁莽的举止

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

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。

noun

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

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。
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。
He admired the effrontery with which she bargained.
他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲。
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。
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。
Why are you showing such effrontery?
你为什么表现的如此放肆？
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。
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 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。
He had the effrontery to suggest that she enjoyed being unhappy.
他无耻地大胆暗示，她喜欢不幸。