Effrontery
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n. 厚颜无耻
- ［英］ n. 厚颜无耻 ( unashamed boldness; impudence; temerity)
- ［类］ 反义词: decorum ( 得体) ; deference ( 顺从) ; timidity ( 胆怯)
- ［记］ ef+front ( 脸, 面) +ery -> 不要脸面 -> 厚颜无耻
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun (plural -teries)
- Etymology: French effronterie, ultimately from Medieval Latin effront-, effrons shameless, from Latin ex- + front-, frons forehead
- Date: 1697
- shameless boldness ; insolence
- Synonyms: see temerity
