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audacity

/aw-das-i-tee/US // ɔˈdæs ɪ ti //

胆识,勇气,胆量,胆大妄为

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural au·dac·i·ties.

    • : boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
    • : effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer.
    • : Usually audacities . audacious or particularly bold or daring acts or statements.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounarrogance, presumptuousness

Examples

  • Like several recent high-profile hacks, the sheer scale and audacity of the theft immediately attracted attention from cybersecurity researchers and law enforcement.

  • Then, in 1966, the 33-year-old met an irreverent 26-year-old musician at one of her shows in London — one who had the audacity to take a bite out of one of the apples she had staged in her exhibit.

  • The audacity of the proposal fit with Prince’s record as a businessman.

  • It’s the audacity of passing laws about people you don’t care about meeting or understanding, and to believe the worst about them.

  • It hints at audacity, which should replace survival as the prevailing theme of a league that has come of age.

  • In the end, talent and technique got the better of ardor and audacity.

  • Many rock artists “borrowed” material from black blues artists, but few did so with more audacity than Jimmy Page.

  • They have a great sense of performance, bravado, and audacity.

  • As David Plouffe detailed in his book, The Audacity To Win, the campaign had committed in writing to stay in the federal system.

  • He's someone with huge potential, in line with the spirit of Vuitton - creative audacity with extreme refinement.

  • But they soon fell out, for Murat had the audacity to try and make these patriots fight instead of merely seeking plunder.

  • Scarce a day passed without some engagement in which the King of Naples showed his audacity and his talent as a leader.

  • As Marquise de Condillac it hurt her pride to listen and not have him whipped for his audacity; as a woman it insulted her.

  • Felizardo was remarkable for his audacity, his fine horsemanship, and his expert marksmanship.

  • Audacity, ever excellent in war, is sound as a proposition of Euclid in operations against Asiatics.