词汇 | cocksure |
释义 | cocksure adjective informaldisapprovinguk /ˌkɒkˈʃɔːr/ us /ˌkɑːkˈʃɝː/ too confident, in a way that is slightly unpleasant or rude: 过于自信的,狂妄自信的;自以为是的 a cocksure young man自负的年轻人 Rude and cheeky backchat cheekily cheekiness cheeky churlishly churlishness coarse-grained fruity gall indelicate neanderthal obnoxiously obnoxiousness offensively offensiveness pertly sass unceremonious unpleasant unprintable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Showing arrogance and conceit cocksure | American Dictionarycocksure adjective[ not gradable ] disapprovingus/ˈkɑkˈʃʊər/ too confident: a strong, cocksure young man Examples of cocksurecocksure We have to put over to the public that scientists are not cocksure or bombastic and do not pretend to know everything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it will be wise to try this big experiment out before being too cocksure that you can repeat it elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not a question of being cocksure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I defy anyone to be cocksure about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some gentlemen associated with our defence organisation are so cocksure of everything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the ill-thought out and over-complicated scheme of a cocksure and inexperienced administrator. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It might be more important if they were actually cocksure of the direction in which we were going, but they cannot be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not expect cocksure youth before they are hurt to seek advice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a curious fact that there is no subject upon which those who have given any study to it are more cocksure than this subject of currency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are so cocksure about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He continues still the likeable, almost endearingly cocksure apprentice hoisted into the seat of the top executive 40 months ago, still blissfully unabashed by the hash he is making. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is cocksure, impatient, cold, exciting and instinctively perceptive. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Addison was in his day considered somewhat controversial in the conservative world of whitewater kayaking by his brash and cocksure attitude. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His penchant for ghetto imagery and hip-hop tropes has also given the band a much-needed aesthetic, and his devil-child persona is in turns charismatic, cocksure, and downright terrifying. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She also remarked that the host opened with a series of jokes that were bona fide winners, landing on just the right tone: confident but not cocksure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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