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impudence

/im-pyuh-duhns/US // ˈɪm pyə dəns //UK // (ˈɪmpjʊdəns) //

厚颜无耻,傲慢无礼,冒失鬼,大胆

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
    • : impudent conduct or language.
    • : Obsolete. lack of modesty; shamelessness.

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Examples

  • I ne'er heard yet that any of these bolder vices wanted less impudence to gainsay what they did, than to perform it first.

  • On such occasions his unfaltering impudence reached heights truly sublime.

  • If ever the cool impudence was suddenly taken out of a man, this question seemed to take it out of Pike.

  • The impudence of the authorities, to decoy an unsuspecting workingman across the State line, and then arrest him as my accomplice!

  • You have acquired a manner that I can only call august; otherwise, I should have to call it such amazing impudence.