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

• Don't make presumptuous comments out of ignorance. Don't make improper comments before you know the whole story.
  不要不明原委，就妄加评论。
• 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？
• 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。
• I hope it wasn't presumptuous of me.
  我希望我没有那么的专横。
• 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 think he realizes that his presumptuous little flirtation is over.
  我想他明白他那狂妄的小小的调情已经完了。
• Their feeling is rather presumptuous insolence.
  他们的感觉是相当的专横傲慢。
• And as I know that many have written on this point, I expect I shall be considered presumptuous in mentioning it again, especially as in discussing it I shall depart from the methods of other people.
  我所知，很多都写在这一点上，我希望我再次提到它应被视为放肆，尤其是因为在讨论这个问题，我会离开其他人的方法。
• 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。
• At the resume stage, this is anirresponsible and presumptuous thing to say.
  在简历上说这句话是很不负责任、过于自负的行为。