effrontery是什么意思？

effrontery

英[ɪˈfrʌntəri] 美[ɪˈfrʌntəri]

• n. 厚颜无耻，无礼（的行为）；

复数：effronteries;

例句

• This is a despicable fraud. Just imagine that he has the effrontery to say it. 这是一个可耻的骗局。他竟然有脸说这样的话。
• He had the effrontery to say I was lying. 他竟敢说我撒谎。
• 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 denied with bland effrontery. 他和颜悦色地厚着脸皮把一切都赖掉了.
• He was so amazed at their effrontery that he stutters in confusion. 他对他们的粗暴无礼感到非常吃惊,竟然结结巴巴,不知所措.
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  厚颜无耻;放肆;粗鲁
  Effrontery is behaviour that is bold, rude, or disrespectful.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  厚颜无耻,无礼(的行为)
  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？ He had the effrontery to say I was lying. 他竟敢说我撒谎。 This is a despicable fraud. Just imagine that he has the effrontery to say it. 这是一个可耻的骗局。他竟然有脸说这样的话。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;
  "he despised them for their presumptuousness"