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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• One should never be presumptuous and opinionated.
  切不可自以为是。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was very presumptuous of him to expect to be invited.
  他非常傲慢，以为人家会邀请他。
• 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。
• Is this inference too presumptuous?
  这种推论是否太抽象了？
• 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。