effrontery

n. 厚颜无耻

发音

US /ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/
其它 /ɪˈfɹʌntəɹi/

词形变化

effronteries 复数 effronteries

别名

affrontery

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Insolent and shameless audacity.

    厚颜无耻

    不可数 可数

    We even had the effrontery to suggest that he should leave the country.

  2. 2.

    An act of insolent and shameless audacity.

    可数 不可数

    Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

assumption presumption presumptuousness

上位词 2

audacity audaciousness

下位词 2

uppishness uppityness

词源

From late 17th century French effronterie, from effronté (“shameless, insolent”), from Old French esfronté, from Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus. Compare Latin effrōns (“barefaced”), from the prefix ex- (“from”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English: front). By surface analysis, ef- + front + -er + -y.

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