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

• 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。
• He admired the effrontery with which she bargained.
  他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲。
• 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。
• 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。
• Gossip is no longer the resource of the idle and vicious, but has become a trade, which is pursued with industry as well as effrontery.
  流言蜚语不再是无聊恶毒之徒的资源，而是成为一种奋力和无耻追求的行当。
• Her total makeover has generated the Internet meme: "If Sister Lotus can lose weight, how do you have the effrontery to stay fat?"
  她的蜕变引起网友强烈反响：“连芙蓉姐姐都减肥成功了，你还好意思胖下去吗？”
• In the Imperial Japanese Fleet it was suicidal effrontery.
  在日本帝国舰队中，这是自杀性的胆大妄为。
• He had the effrontery to suggest that she enjoyed being unhappy.
  他无耻地大胆暗示，她喜欢不幸。
• 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。