impudence
词根词缀:
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〕
数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全
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。