impudence

英

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

• A rapid intellect and ready eloquence may carry off a little impudence.
  头脑敏捷，口才流利，就能减少冒失。
• 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。
• 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。
• He actually had the impudence, or else so forgot himself in his wonder at such an incomprehensible order.
  他胆大包天，或因为对这不可理解的命令大为惊讶而忘了自己的身份。
• Her impudence bowled me over.
  她的厚颜使我大为吃惊。
• I was amazed at his impudence.
  他竟然无耻到这种地步使我感到惊愕。
• What knocks me is his impudence.
  使我惊讶的是他的厚颜无耻。
• His impudence beats everything.
  他的厚颜无耻简直令人难以置信。
• 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。