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

He had the effrontery to suggest that she enjoyed being unhappy.
他无耻地大胆暗示，她喜欢不幸。
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。
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。
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。
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？
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。
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。
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。
Why are you showing such effrontery?
你为什么表现的如此放肆？
He admired the effrontery with which she bargained.
他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲。