effrontery

• n. 厚颜无耻

ef-, 向外。-front, 前面，脸面。即不要脸的。

1. audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to;

"he despised them for their presumptuousness"

effrontery

effrontery: [18] The notion of ‘audacity’ or ‘impudence’ is often expressed in terms of ‘exposing or pushing forward the face’: a ‘barefaced lie’ or ‘putting on a bold front’, for instance. And effrontery is no exception. It comes ultimately from late Latin effrōns ‘barefaced, shameless’, a compound adjective formed from the prefix ex- ‘out of’ and frōns ‘forehead’ (source of English front).

This seems subsequently to have been reformulated along the lines of its original components, giving Vulgar Latin *exfrontātus, source of Old French esfronte. This in turn developed to French effronté, whose derived noun effronterie was acquired by English as effrontery.
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effrontery (n.)

"shamelessness, impudence, boldness in transgressing the bounds of modesty and propriety," 1715, from French effronterie, from effronté "shameless," from Old French esfronte "shameless, brazen," probably from Late Latin effrontem (nominative effrons) "barefaced, shameless," from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + frontem (nominative frons) "brow" (see front (n.)). Also compare affront.

Latin frontus had a sense of "ability to blush," but the literal sense of effrontery often has been taken to be "putting forth the forehead." Forehead in Johnson's Dictionary (1755) has a secondary sense of "impudence; confidence; assurance; audaciousness; audacity." English had an earlier verb effront "treat with effrontery" (17c.).

One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man.

那人十足的厚颜无耻让人们吃惊得无话可说。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

That indestructible, inward effrontery in the meagre fellow was what made men so down on Michaelis.

蔑克里斯这种不可毁灭的内在的厚颜无耻,便是使男子们憎恶他的原因.

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For them to front an evil with plain speech is to be guilty of effrontery.

对他们来说,与魔鬼开诚布公的讲话是一种厚颜无耻的罪过.

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The weak gain strength through effrontery and the strong grow weak because of inhibitions.

弱者由于蛮干变强,强者由于克制变弱.

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He was so amazed at their effrontery that he stutters in confusion.

他对他们的粗暴无礼感到非常吃惊,竟然结结巴巴,不知所措.

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The effrontery of his deceptions inside and outside the conference room could be enraging.

他在会议室内外放肆的欺骗手段简直令人怒火中烧.

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Why are you showing such effrontery?

你为什么表现的如此放肆?

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To act or speak with effrontery. Used in the imperative to express contempt or disdainful disbelief.

厚颜无耻的言行厚颜无耻地做或说. 用在祈使语气以表达鄙视或轻蔑的不信.

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He denied with bland effrontery.

他和颜悦色地厚着脸皮把一切都赖掉了.

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I'll see if you have the effrontery to face her.

我 倒 要看你怎么有脸面对她.

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The United Nations Security Council speedily condemned the nuclear effrontery.

联合国安全理事会迅速谴责朝鲜核试验属无耻行为.

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How can he have had the effrontery to say " Piss off! " to you?

他怎么会这样无耻,竟然对你 “ 滚开! ” 呢 ?

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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?布什总统.

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You crashed my car and now you have the effrontery to ask me for my bicycle!

你撞坏了我的汽车,现在又厚着脸皮来借我的自行车!

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The politician had the effrontery to ask the people he had insulted to vote for him.

这个政客竟厚颜地要求受过他侮辱的人投他一票.

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This is a despicable fraud . Just imagine that he has the effrontery to say it.

这是一个可耻的骗局. 他竟然有脸说这样的话.

《简明英汉词典》

He had the effrontery to suggest that she enjoyed being unhappy.

他无耻地大胆暗示,她喜欢不幸.

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He admired the effrontery with which she bargained.

他挺佩服她讨价还价的那股泼辣劲.

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In the Imperial Japanese Fleet it was suicidal effrontery.

在日本帝国舰队中,这是自杀性的胆大妄为.

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He had the effrontery to say I was lying.

他竟敢说我撒谎.

《简明英汉词典》

One could only gasp at the sheer effrontery of the man.

那人十足的厚颜无耻让人们吃惊得无话可说。

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