presumptuous
英 [prɪˈzʌmptʃuəs]
美 [prɪˈzʌmptʃuəs]
adj. 自负的; 冒昧的; 放肆的
BNC.20705 / COCA.19469
牛津词典
adj.
- 自负的;冒昧的;放肆的
too confident, in a way that shows a lack of respect for other people
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 放肆的;冒昧的;自作主张的
If you describe someone or their behaviour aspresumptuous, you disapprove of them because they are doing something that they have no right or authority to do.- It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be.
现在就判断结果将会怎样未免有些冒昧。
- It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be.
英英释义
adj
- excessively forward
- an assumptive person
- on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide
- the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants
双语例句
- The absence of presumptuous self-conceit in Tito made him feel all the more defenceless under prospective obloquy.
蒂托由于缺乏自以为是的傲气,因此在声名扫地的前景之下更加显得束手无策。 - I believe it would be presumptuous to take this as a sign that Sarah thinks your puppy is ugly.
我相信这将是冒昧作为一个迹象,表明你的小狗莎拉认为这是丑陋的。 - I hope you'll not think me presumptuous.
希望你不会认为我太放肆。 - It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be.
现在就判断结果将会怎样未免有些冒昧。 - And as I know that many have written on this point, I expect I shall be considered presumptuous in mentioning it again, especially as in discussing it I shall depart from the methods of other people.
我所知,很多都写在这一点上,我希望我再次提到它应被视为放肆,尤其是因为在讨论这个问题,我会离开其他人的方法。 - Now, swell up like a gobbler and tell me that he is worth a thousand blackguards like me and that I should n't dare to be so presumptuous as to feel either pity or contempt for him.
你现在可以像火鸡那样叫唤,你可以告诉我像我这样的流氓,一千个顶不上他一个,怎么竟敢如此狂妄,竟然对他表示怜悯或鄙视呢。 - I hope it wasn't presumptuous of me.
我希望我没有那么的专横。 - Not being quite so modest or reserved as Sean, I took the presumptuous step of adding another set of initials, mine.
不是那麽温和或保留为肖恩,花了自以为是的步骤的缩写的另一组中添加的煤矿。 - Since he's so high up, I dare not be so presumptuous to make friends with him.
他那么显赫,我可不敢高攀。 - The reason why your marriage is not very happy, I am sorry to say is very presumptuous!
你们的婚姻之所以不是很美满,对不起这样说是很冒昧!