Audacity
[ɔː'dæsɪtɪ] or [ɔ'dæsəti]
解释:
(noun.) aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; 'he had the audacity to question my decision'.
(noun.) fearless daring.
手打:洛葛仙妮--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness.
(n.) Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.
塞西尔编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Boldness, daring, fearlessness, courage, intrepidity, venturesomeness, hardihood.[2]. Impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, effrontery, presumptuousness, presumption, assurance, face, front, brass, CHEEK.
黛博拉校对
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Boldness, rashness, temerity, recklessness, hardihood
ANT:Caution, self-preservation, timidity, calculation, forethought, foresight,diffidence, inadventurousness
编辑:梅森
例句:
- These revolutions require a rare combination of personal audacity and social patience. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- He flattered himself that it was opportunity, not audacity, which had failed him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Fanny looked very angry too, and her husband was all in a fright at his sister's audacity. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- You puzzle me, Jane: your look and tone of sorrowful audacity perplex and pain me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- This audacity from a young woman is more than I can bear. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- With your usual happy mixture of cunning and audacity, you have got him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Astounding insular audacity! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- What are you, I should like to know,' pursued Mr Boffin, 'that you were to have the audacity to follow up this young lady? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- And as he talked on, he grew quite bold, and actually had the audacity to ask Miss Rebecca for whom she was knitting the green silk purse? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Why, damn their audacity, so they have,' said Captain Boldwig, as the crumbs and fragments that were strewn upon the grass met his eye. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- It was a characteristic speech, and sounded daring, but audacity becomes young people, and Amy's ambition had a good foundation. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I discerned he was now neither angry nor shocked at my audacity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Tis a kind of audacity to call such general opinions in question, and may subject one to censure. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- At that--at the complete unexpectedness and the inconceivable audacity of it--Lily could not restrain the tribute of an astonished laugh. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- I am surprised that woman has the audacity to enter this house, Lady Jane said, trembling in every limb and turning quite pale. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
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