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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

      双语例句

      • 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。
      • 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。
      • In France, my dear sir, half such a piece of effrontery as that would cause you to be quickly despatched to Toulon for five years, for change of air.
        在法国,我最最亲爱的爸爸啊,只需做一半这种程度的手脚,他们就会把您送到土伦去呼吸五年监狱里的空气的呀。
      • 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。
      • 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?”
      • 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 had the effrontery to suggest that she enjoyed being unhappy.
        他无耻地大胆暗示,她喜欢不幸。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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?