Translations for „effrontery“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

effrontery [ıˈfrʌntərı] N

effrontery

厚颜无耻(的行为) hòuyán wúchǐ

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English

And they have the effrontery to call your people "worms".

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The effrontery of its unalloyed conceit and arrogance -- not to mention the sheer neck of it -- defies belief and logic.

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For his effrontery, he is merged with a demon.

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Then they have the effrontery to blame the on-field microphones and cameras for peeping.

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However, one of them has the effrontery to die.

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We must stand up to them, take up our responsibility and make sure their effrontery and bravado is reduced to the barest minimum.

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However, as androids, individuals contain defects: they think, dance, and dreamthings that are very dangerous to the first world bosses... to think will always be considered an effrontery.

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It's very painful and yet the state government has the effrontery to utilise funds in other areas that are not productive like buying cars.

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And here's a great little nugget of effrontery: the complaint site says that it assumes that the writers of complaints have positive intents.

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What happened next is a breathtaking piece of effrontery.

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