impudence

词根词缀:

词根
pud= to feel shame 感到羞耻

impudence n. 厚颜无耻

im 不 + pud 感到羞耻 + ence 表行为 → 厚颜无耻

impudent adj. 无礼的

im 不 + pud 感到羞耻 + ent 具有…性质的,关于…的 → 不知羞耻 → 无礼的

impudicity n. 不谦恭;无耻

im 不 + pud 感到羞耻 + icity 具备某种性质 → 不知羞耻 → 无耻

pudency n. 羞怯;谦逊

pud 感到羞耻 + ency 表状态 → 羞怯;谦逊

repudiate v. 拒绝;抛弃

re 反 + pudi〔= pud〕感到羞耻 + ate 做,造成,使… → 反过来让对方羞耻 → 拒绝〔别人〕

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相关例句:

His impudence beats everything.

他的厚颜无耻简直令人难以置信。

He has the impudence to take things behind my back!

他背着我拿东西真不害臊!

I had an air of impudence.

我表面上趾高气扬。

It seemed to her that there would be something of impudence in making a festival of her secret.

她觉得将自己内心的秘密弄得沸沸扬扬是轻率齿莽的。

Impertinent talk or behaviour; impudence

无礼的、冒失的、不当的话或行为;厚颜无耻

Even the names of the four Ministries by which we are governed exhibit a sort of impudence in their deliberate reversal of the facts.

甚至统治我们的四个部的名称,也说明有意歪曲事实之厚颜无耻到了什么程度。