1520s, "condition of being in advance," from forward + -ness. Meaning "presumptuousness" is from c. 1600. Old English foreweardness meant "a beginning."
雙語例句
1. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.
如此無禮的言語讓我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把電話掛了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Such forwardness is deplorable.
像這樣的膽大妄為應(yīng)該受到指責(zé).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He thereupon privately chide his wife for her forwardness in the matter.
于是他私下責(zé)備他的妻子,因?yàn)樗龑?duì)這種事熱心.
來自辭典例句
4. In the intersts of renown the forwardness should lie chiefly in the capacity to handle things.
為個(gè)人的聲名打算,應(yīng)該在處世接物能力方面比別人先進(jìn).
來自辭典例句
5. I cackle by occasion of the forwardness of others.