effrontery

US [ɪˈfrʌntəri]
UK [ɪ'frʌntəri]
  • n.厚颜无耻的行为；傲慢鲁莽的举止
  • Web放肆；放肆大胆；横头横脑
Plural Form：effronteries  

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effrontery
n.
1.
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

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AllAll,厚颜无耻的行为厚颜无耻的行为,傲慢鲁莽的举止傲慢鲁莽的举止,放肆放肆,放肆大胆放肆大胆,横头横脑横头横脑
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1.
"At all events it is something, " he said, "that you have not the effrontery to attempt to excuse yourself. "
“不管怎样，”他说，“你没有厚颜无耻地企图为自己开脱，这还算可以。”
" bù guǎn zěn yàng , " tā shuō , " nǐ méi yǒu hòu yán wú chǐ de qǐ tú wèi zì jǐ kāi tuō , zhè hái suàn kě yǐ 。 "
2.
He was generous, and the needy, laughing at him because he believed so naively their stories of distress, borrowed from him with effrontery.
他很大方，那些手头拮据的人一方面嘲笑他那么天真地轻信他编造的不幸故事，一方面厚颜无耻地伸手向他借钱。
tā hěn dà fang , nà xiē shǒu tóu jié jū de rén yì fāng miàn cháo xiào tā nà me tiān zhēn de qīng xìn tā biān zào de bú xìng gù shi , yì fāng miàn hòu yán wú chǐ de shēn shǒu xiàng tā jiè qián 。
3.
At this point I expected to have to quell a revolt, or at least quieten things down while those who objected to this effrontery walked out.
那一刻，我预期自己将不得不平息人们的反驳，或者至少在那些反对这种放肆行为的人起身退场之时，让会场平静下来。
nà yí kè , wǒ yù qī zì jǐ jiāng bù dé bù píng xī rén men de fǎn bó , huò zhě zhì shǎo zài nà xiē fǎn duì zhè zhǒng fàng sì xíng wéi de rén qǐ shēn tuì chǎng zhī shí , ràng huì chǎng píng jìng xià lái 。
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4.
Mingott's fragmentary phrases that Regina Beaufort had come to ask her--incredible effrontery!
大家从明戈特太太支离破碎的话语中得知，里吉纳·博福特是来要求她——真是厚颜无耻！
dà jiā cóng míng gē tè tài tài zhī lí pò suì de huà yǔ zhōng dé zhī , lǐ jí nà · bó fú tè shì lái yāo qiú tā — — zhēn shì hòu yán wú chǐ !
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5.
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。
liú yán fēi yǔ bú zài shì wú liáo è dú zhī tú de zī yuán , ér shì chéng wéi yī zhǒng fèn lì hé wú chǐ zhuī qiú de háng dang 。
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6.
You crashed my car and now you have the effrontery to ask Me. for my bicycle!
你撞坏了我的汽车，现在又厚着脸皮来借我的自行车！
nǐ zhuàng huài le wǒ de qì chē , xiàn zài yòu hòu zhe liǎn pí lái jiè wǒ de zì xíng chē !
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7.
He admired the effrontery with which she bargained .
他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲。
tā tǐng pèi fú tā tǎo jià huán jià de nà gǔ pō là jìn 。
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8.
had the effrontery to claim that it would one day "organise the world's information and make it universally accessible" .
谷歌（Google）曾大言不惭地声称，它最终将“组织全球信息，使人们能够随时随地地使用信息。”
gǔ gē ( Google ) céng dà yán bù cán de shēng chēng , tā zuì zhōng jiāng " zǔ zhī quán qiú xìn xī , shǐ rén men néng gòu suí shí suí dì de shǐ yòng xìn xī 。 "
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9.
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。
zài rì běn dì guó jiàn duì zhōng , zhè shì zì shā xìng de dǎn dà wàng wéi 。
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10.
I knew what he wanted and was only waiting to see if he would have the effrontery to put it into words
我知道他想要什么，我只是等着瞧他有无胆量说口来
wǒ zhī dào tā xiǎng yào shén me , wǒ zhǐ shì děng zhe qiáo tā yǒu wú dǎn liàng shuō kǒu lái
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