impudence

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美

n.  厚颜无耻；冒失，鲁莽；放肆；无礼；无礼的言行

BNC.35579 / COCA.33016

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 放肆的;无礼的
  If you describe someone asimpudent, you mean they are rude or disrespectful, or do something they have no right to do.
  1. Some of them were impudent and insulting.
     他们当中的一些人放肆无礼,目中无人。

英英释义

noun

• the trait of being rude and impertinent
  Synonym:crustgallimpertinenceinsolencecheekinessfreshness
• an impudent statement
  Synonym:cheekimpertinence

双语例句

• He has the impudence to take things behind my back!
  他背着我拿东西真不害臊！
• His mind was keen, and his will to work was unsurpassed. A rapid intellect and ready eloquence may carry off a little impudence.
  他头脑敏捷，工作意识无人可比。头脑敏捷，口才流利，就能减少冒失。
• Elizabeth had not before believed him quite equal to such assurance; but she sat down, resolving within herself to draw no limits in future to the impudence of an impudent man.
  伊丽莎白从来不相信他竟会这样厚颜无耻，她坐下来思忖道：一个人不要起脸来可真是漫无止境。
• I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.
  我没有某些人那么多钱，但我有不下于他们的厚颜无耻，而这是仅次于金钱的东西呢。
• His conduct has a dash of impudence in it.
  他的行为有点冒失。
• The first charge is impudence, or hardness of forehead, a want of holy shame, an unhallowed boldness in evil.
  第一项罪名额坚，这是指厚颜卑鄙，缺少圣洁的羞耻感，或大胆地犯罪。
• What impudence brings your swords to the emperor?
  你竟敢如此厚颜无耻地侵犯皇上？
• It seemed to her that there would be something of impudence in making a festival of her secret.
  她觉得将自己内心的秘密弄得沸沸扬扬是轻率齿莽的。
• Valuations of mining companies have soared in the current commodities boom. I had an air of impudence.
  很多矿业公司的市值也由于这次期货价格的上扬而随之上扬。我表面上趾高气扬。
• I had an air of impudence.
  我表面上趾高气扬。