presumptuous

英 [prɪˈzʌmptʃuəs]

美 [prɪˈzʌmptʃuəs]

adj.  自负的; 冒昧的; 放肆的

TOEFL

BNC.20705 / COCA.19469

牛津词典

adj.

• 自负的；冒昧的；放肆的
  too confident, in a way that shows a lack of respect for other people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 放肆的；冒昧的；自作主张的
  If you describe someone or their behaviour aspresumptuous, you disapprove of them because they are doing something that they have no right or authority to do.
  1. It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be.
     现在就判断结果将会怎样未免有些冒昧。

英英释义

adj

• excessively forward
  1. an assumptive person
  2. on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide
  3. the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants
  Synonym:assumptiveassuming

双语例句

• It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be.
  现在就判断结果将会怎样未免有些冒昧。
• I feel it is presumptuous of me state what my salary should be.
  我不敢冒昧说出薪金多少为合适。
• Since he's so high up, I dare not be so presumptuous to make friends with him.
  他那么显赫，我可不敢高攀。
• Their presumptuous need for leisure may cause everyone behind them to miss a train they would have otherwise caught.
  他说：他们自以为是地认为人们应该放慢脚步，享受闲适，然而这可能导致身后所有人错过了本可以赶得上的列车。
• I think he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over.
  我想他明白他那狂妄的小小的调情已经完了。
• It was very presumptuous of him to expect to be invited.
  他非常傲慢，以为人家会邀请他。
• You have been malicious, presumptuous and misguided; also your so-called facts are wrong.
  你自己误入歧途，还出言不逊，恶意中伤。你的那些所谓事实，不过是姑妄之言。
• This is quite presumptuous, and if writers are not allowed to be so and quite often, in many places, they are not I see no point in the writing of fiction.
  这是很专横的，擅作主张，不过，假如作家们不允许这样做的话在许多时候，许多地方，他们不允许这样做我看不出写小说还有什么意义。
• At the resume stage, this is anirresponsible and presumptuous thing to say.
  在简历上说这句话是很不负责任、过于自负的行为。
• It would be presumptuous for anybody to offer such a view.
  任何人提出这种观点都是太放肆了。