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

• 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？
• I don't like you being so presumptuous.
  我不喜欢你这么专横无礼。
• Now, swell up like a gobbler and tell me that he is worth a thousand blackguards like me and that I should n't dare to be so presumptuous as to feel either pity or contempt for him.
  你现在可以像火鸡那样叫唤，你可以告诉我像我这样的流氓，一千个顶不上他一个，怎么竟敢如此狂妄，竟然对他表示怜悯或鄙视呢。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• The reason why your marriage is not very happy, I am sorry to say is very presumptuous!
  你们的婚姻之所以不是很美满，对不起这样说是很冒昧！
• I hope it wasn't presumptuous of me.
  我希望我没有那么的专横。
• It would be presumptuous of me to comment on the matter.
  我对这件事发表评论也许是很冒昧的。
• 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。