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

• 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。
• 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。
• It was very presumptuous of him to expect to be invited.
  他非常傲慢，以为人家会邀请他。
• Since he's so high up, I dare not be so presumptuous to make friends with him.
  他那么显赫，我可不敢高攀。
• I hope it wasn't presumptuous of me.
  我希望我没有那么的专横。
• I hope you'll not think me presumptuous.
  希望你不会认为我太放肆。
• Is this inference too presumptuous?
  这种推论是否太抽象了？
• The absence of presumptuous self-conceit in Tito made him feel all the more defenceless under prospective obloquy.
  蒂托由于缺乏自以为是的傲气，因此在声名扫地的前景之下更加显得束手无策。
• It would be presumptuous for anybody to offer such a view.
  任何人提出这种观点都是太放肆了。
• Not being quite so modest or reserved as Sean, I took the presumptuous step of adding another set of initials, mine.
  不是那麽温和或保留为肖恩，花了自以为是的步骤的缩写的另一组中添加的煤矿。