Effrontery

(n.) Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.

编辑:珀尔

• Let Gurth do thine office, Oswald, said Wamba with his usual effrontery; the swineherd will be a fit usher to the Jew. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• This gentleman stared at me with disgusting persevering effrontery. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• What they had not the effrontery to do, was not worth doing. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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