1520s, "condition of being in advance," from forward + -ness. Meaning "presumptuousness" is from c. 1600. Old English foreweardness meant "a beginning."
双语例句
1. Rather taken aback by such forwardness, I slammed down the phone.
如此无礼的言语让我火冒三丈，我砰的一下把电话挂了。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Such forwardness is deplorable.
像这样的胆大妄为应该受到指责.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He thereupon privately chide his wife for her forwardness in the matter.
于是他私下责备他的妻子,因为她对这种事热心.
来自辞典例句
4. In the intersts of renown the forwardness should lie chiefly in the capacity to handle things.
为个人的声名打算,应该在处世接物能力方面比别人先进.
来自辞典例句
5. I cackle by occasion of the forwardness of others.
