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

• Their presumptuous need for leisure may cause everyone behind them to miss a train they would have otherwise caught.
  他说：他们自以为是地认为人们应该放慢脚步，享受闲适，然而这可能导致身后所有人错过了本可以赶得上的列车。
• It was very presumptuous of him to expect to be invited.
  他非常傲慢，以为人家会邀请他。
• Celia, I'm going to make a suggestion, and please don't think this presumptuous since it concerns your own company.
  西莉亚，我要提个建议，因为涉及到你们公司，请不要认为这是冒昧。
• 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。
• 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。
• Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.
  不重要却厚颜无耻专横的人。
• 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！
• One should never be presumptuous and opinionated.
  切不可自以为是。
• I hope you'll not think me presumptuous.
  希望你不会认为我太放肆。