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

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。

noun

audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
1. he despised them for their presumptuousness
Synonym:presumptionpresumptuousnessassumption

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。
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。
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。
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。
Effrontery is a disgrace.
无耻也就是可耻。
They protected themselves from the burning sun with a black umbrella and were quite oblivious to the effrontery of the people who watched them pass by.
她们都擎着黑伞以躲避灼人的阳光，但对同样灼人的路边恬不知耻的观客的目光，她们毫不在意，从容走过。
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。
He admired the effrontery with which she bargained.
他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲。
He had the effrontery to suggest that she enjoyed being unhappy.
他无耻地大胆暗示，她喜欢不幸。