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单词 effrontery
释义
effrontery
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ɪˈfrʌn.tər.i/us
/efˈrʌn.tər.i/
extremerudenesswithout anyabilitytounderstandthatyourbehaviouris notacceptableto otherpeople:
厚颜无耻；放肆
He wassilentall through themealand then had the effrontery tocomplainthat Ilookedbored!在饭桌上他自始至终一言不发，到头来却有脸抱怨我一副百无聊赖的样子。
Synonym
presumption
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rude and cheeky
  • cheekily
  • cheekiness
  • churlish
  • churlishly
  • churlishness
  • coarse
  • coarsely
  • discourteous
  • fruity
  • gall
  • impudent
  • incivility
  • offensively
  • offensiveness
  • potty mouth
  • potty-mouthed
  • presume
  • presumptuously
  • unpleasant
  • unrepeatable
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(Definition ofeffronteryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeffrontery

effrontery
He scoffs at theeffronteryof the bridal party, whose members put up a formidable show of might, as if they were military guards.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The former she roundly criticised not only for their reform programme but also for theireffronteryin demanding it.
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Hiseffrontery, however, quailed before a disease so earnest and energetic as pericarditis, and he requested that some regular physician should be called in to treat the malady.
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It did not, unless it refers to the era of sheereffrontery.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The word "effrontery" seems to me the mildest term by which such action can be described.
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It is nothing more or less than a piece ofeffronteryto make this suggestion.
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I pause only to comment on the extraordinaryeffronteryof that statement.
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Upon what possible basis do those bureaucrats across the sea have theeffronteryto reduce the award that a judge and justice thought was appropriate?
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He had theeffronteryto claim that the few words that he used relatively casually at the end of his speech met the problems.
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He has theeffronteryto say that the scheme which we have introduced is not perfect.
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That is why in this field nobody had theeffronteryto say that we should pay.
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How has he the impertinence and theeffronteryto complain about our budget settlement when we have knocked two-thirds off our contribution?
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It might be so interpreted by some people but it can also be seen as a piece ofeffronteryto the staff.
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That is what is happening—that is totaleffrontery.
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Effronteryis a small word to use in regard to language such as that.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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