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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
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Showing arrogance and conceit

cocksure | American Dictionary


cocksure
adjective[ not gradable ]
 disapprovingus/ˈkɑkˈʃʊər/
too confident:
a strong, cocksure young man

Examples of cocksure


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We have to put over to the public that scientists are not cocksure or bombastic and do not pretend to know everything.
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I think it will be wise to try this big experiment out before being too cocksure that you can repeat it elsewhere.
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It was not a question of being cocksure.
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I defy anyone to be cocksure about it.
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Some gentlemen associated with our defence organisation are so cocksure of everything.
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It is the ill-thought out and over-complicated scheme of a cocksure and inexperienced administrator.
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It might be more important if they were actually cocksure of the direction in which we were going, but they cannot be.
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We must not expect cocksure youth before they are hurt to seek advice.
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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.
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They are so cocksure about it.
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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.
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It is cocksure, impatient, cold, exciting and instinctively perceptive.
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Addison was in his day considered somewhat controversial in the conservative world of whitewater kayaking by his brash and cocksure attitude.
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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.
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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.
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