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

• 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 don't like you being so presumptuous.
  我不喜欢你这么专横无礼。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• One should never be presumptuous and opinionated.
  切不可自以为是。
• 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 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！
• This is quite presumptuous, and if writers are not allowed to be so and quite often, in many places, they are not I see no point in the writing of fiction.
  这是很专横的，擅作主张，不过，假如作家们不允许这样做的话在许多时候，许多地方，他们不允许这样做我看不出写小说还有什么意义。