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Effrontery Latin Sense N French Nominative Front E'frʌntəri

单词 effrontery
音标 [e'frʌntəri]
解释 n.厚颜无耻
红宝书 【英】 n. 厚颜无耻(unashamed boldness; impudence; temerity)
【考】 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
字源 effrontery (n.)
1715, from French effronterie, from effronté "shameless," from Old French esfronte "shameless, brazen," probably from Late Latin effrontem (nominative effrons) "barefaced," from Latin ex- "out" (see ex-) + frontem (nominative frons) "brow" (see front (n.)).
Latin frontus had a sense of "ability to blush," but the literal sense of effrontery often has been taken to be "putting forth the forehead." Forehead in Johnson's Dictionary (1755) has a secondary sense of "impudence; confidence; assurance; audaciousness; audacity."
不择手段背单词 n. 厚颜无耻(冒失狂妄) = impudence = temerity
【记】ef去掉, front脸面-去掉脸面-厚颜无耻
【反】decorum(n 礼貌; 得体); deference(n 尊重; 顺从); timidity(n 胆怯)
趣味全助记 【记】ef不,反意 + front 不要脸,不好的面对,厚颜无耻的

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