单词 | audacity |
释义 | audacity /aw das"i tee/, n. , pl. audacities. 1. boldness or daring, esp. with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions. 2. effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness: His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer. 3. Usually, audacities. audacious acts or statements. [1400-50; late ME audacite < L audac-, s. of audax daring (adj.) + -ite -ITY] Syn. 1. nerve, spunk, grit, temerity, foolhardiness. 2. impudence, impertinence, brashness. Ant. 1, 2. discretion, prudence. |
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