effrontery
pronunciation
UK [ɪˈfrʌntəri]
US [ɪˈfrʌntəri]
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- n.
- 厚颜无耻，无礼（的行为）
Word Origin
effrontery 厚颜无耻的行为
ef-, 向外。-front, 前面，脸面。即不要脸的。
Example
- 1. He had the effrontery to accuse me of lying !
- 他竟厚颜无耻地指责我撒谎！
- 2. He admired the effrontery with which she bargained .
- 他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲。
- 3. The united nations security council speedily condemned the nuclear effrontery .
- 联合国安理会很快就谴责这次核无赖行为。
- 4. It 's beyond belief that a beautiful young lady is so effrontery .
- 真是难以置信这样一位年青漂亮的太太竟然如此厚颜无耻。
- 5. He has achieved this partly through sheer verbal effrontery , as in his badmouthing of george bush .
- 他有今天的成就，部分功劳是他那完全口头的厚颜无耻行为，正如他恶意诋毁美国乔治?
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