presumptuous

英 [prɪˈzʌmptʃuəs]

美 [prɪˈzʌmptʃuəs]

adj.  自负的; 冒昧的; 放肆的

TOEFL

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• excessively forward
  1. an assumptive person
  2. on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide
  3. the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants
  Synonym:assumptiveassuming

双语例句

• Their feeling is rather presumptuous insolence.
  他们的感觉是相当的专横傲慢。
• 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 don't like you being so presumptuous.
  我不喜欢你这么专横无礼。
• Aren't people like yourselves being a little bit presumptuous?
  像你们这样的人难道不是有点自以为是吗？
• Would it be presumptuous of me to ask you to contribute?
  我们希望在谈及经济发展这个问题时不自以为是。
• You are so presumptuous and beyond control that you will have trouble one day.
  你如此狂悖，不服管教，早晚是会出事的！
• Is this inference too presumptuous?
  这种推论是否太抽象了？
• I feel it is presumptuous of me state what my salary should be.
  我不敢冒昧说出薪金多少为合适。
• You have been malicious, presumptuous and misguided; also your so-called facts are wrong.
  你自己误入歧途，还出言不逊，恶意中伤。你的那些所谓事实，不过是姑妄之言。
• 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。