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

• 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 had an air of impudence.
  我表面上趾高气扬。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was another rapid glance at the house, and supposing himself unseen, the scoundrel had the impudence to embrace her.
  他又很快地溜一眼房屋，以为没人看见他，这流氓竟厚颜无耻地拥抱她了。
• What knocks me is his impudence.
  使我惊讶的是他的厚颜无耻。
• Hitler argued that the big lie was effective with ordinary people because it would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously.
  希特勒（Hitler）曾主张，弥天大谎能骗得过普通人，是因为他们从未想过撒大谎，他们也不相信别人放肆到如此无耻地扭曲真相的地步。
• He don't mean no impudence, do you, boy?
  他并不是故意这个样子的，对吧，孩子？
• His conduct has a dash of impudence in it.
  他的行为有点冒失。
• 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。