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
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 厚颜无耻;放肆;粗鲁
Effronteryis behaviour that is bold, rude, or disrespectful.- 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。
- One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man.
英英释义
noun
- audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- he despised them for their presumptuousness
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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 admired the effrontery with which she bargained.
他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲。 - 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。 - 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？” - 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。 - 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。