effrontery
n. 厚颜无耻
n.
厚颜无耻，无礼（的行为）；
变形
复数：effronteries
英英释义
effrontery[ i'frʌntəri ]
n.audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
同义词：presumptionpresumptuousnessassumption
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
He had the effrontery to accuse me of lying!
他竟厚颜无耻地指责我撒谎！
I'll see if you have the effrontery to face her.
我倒要看你怎么有脸面对她。
权威例句
EFFRONTERY"EFFRONTERY"
Statue of Effrontery
Art objects : essays on ecstasy and effrontery
"Long live effrontery!"Albert Einstein and the birth of Quantum Theory
Art [Objects]: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery
Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery. (book review) (book reviews)
"Bluenose Effrontery": Dr. William Johnston Almon and the City of Halifax During the United States' Civil War
The Gargantuan Book of Insult, Offense, and Effrontery: Sharp Retorts, Ripostes, Caustic Quips, and Impolite Put-Downs
The Pro-Abortion Campaign against Ultrasounds: A Fabric of Omissions, Distortions, Lies, and Effrontery
effrontery
effrontery: [18] The notion of ‘audacity’ or ‘impudence’ is often expressed in terms of ‘exposing or pushing forward the face’: a ‘barefaced lie’ or ‘putting on a bold front’, for instance. And effrontery is no exception. It comes ultimately from late Latin effrōns ‘barefaced, shameless’, a compound adjective formed from the prefix ex- ‘out of’ and frōns ‘forehead’ (source of English front).This seems subsequently to have been reformulated along the lines of its original components, giving Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus, source of Old French esfronte. This in turn developed to French effronté, whose derived noun effronterie was acquired by English as effrontery.=> front
effrontery (n.)
"shamelessness, impudence, boldness in transgressing the bounds of modesty and propriety," 1715, from French effronterie, from effronté "shameless," from Old French esfronte "shameless, brazen," probably from Late Latin effrontem (nominative effrons) "barefaced, shameless," from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + frontem (nominative frons) "brow" (see front (n.)). Also compare affront. Latin frontus had a sense of "ability to blush," but the literal sense of effrontery often has been taken to be "putting forth the forehead." Forehead in Johnson's Dictionary (1755) has a secondary sense of "impudence; confidence; assurance; audaciousness; audacity." English had an earlier verb effront "treat with effrontery" (17c.).
1. Japanese is the nationality with great effrontery.
日本是一个非常厚颜无耻的民族。
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2. 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。
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3. 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。”
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4. 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！
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5. 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。
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6. 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。
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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。
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8. He denied with bland effrontery.
他和颜悦色地厚着脸皮把一切都赖掉了。
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9. The politician had the effrontery to ask the people he had insulted to vote for him.
这个政客竟厚颜地要求受过他侮辱的人投他一票。
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10. 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。
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11. "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”。
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12. 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。
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13. 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。
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14. The weak gain strength through effrontery and the strong grow weak because of inhibitions.
弱者由于蛮干变强，强者由于克制变弱。
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15. 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。
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16. 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。
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