audacity or desperation
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Audacity means a disregard for restraints that are typically imposed by prudence or convention. Here are some other words that are similar to audacity:
- Hardihood: Suggests firmness in daring and defiance
- Effrontery: Implies a shameless, insolent disregard of courtesy or propriety
Audacity may also refer to a free and open-source digital audio editor and recording application software.
Kamala Harris Calls for an ‘Immediate Cease-Fire’ in Gaza
The vice president urged Hamas to agree to a cease-fire proposal on the table, and also called on Israel to increase the flow of aid into the enclave.
Kamala Harris Calls for an ‘Immediate Cease-Fire’ in Gaza
The vice president urged Hamas to agree to a cease-fire proposal on the table, and also called on Israel to increase the flow of aid into the enclave.
董橋等人談audacity 〈多查英國美國辭典〉(2002) audacious projects / plan, audacity. ingenious, audacious performances
https://www.facebook.com/hanching.chung/videos/149427190684534
2021.9 The New Yorker
Jean-Paul Belmondo, who died on Monday, at the age of 88, will “be remembered for bearing the burden of several ingenious, audacious performances that pushed the boundaries of the cinema,” Richard Brody writes.
audacious 大膽、勇敢的
《倫敦的夏天等你來》 〈達爾文孫女的聯想‧多查英國美國辭典〉：audacious這個字蠻有涵養的，一點不兇。......
董橋 〈多查英國美國辭典〉2002.1.14 達爾文孫女的聯想‧
......聽說"厚顏無恥"原話是audacity、audacious這個字蠻有涵養的，一點不兇。 厚顏那是很重的指控；無恥，那更是很重很重的侮辱了。......
收入《倫敦的夏天等你來》(牛津大學版)，原刊《万象》 Panorama Monthly 第 4卷．第5期 2002年5月，74~79
謝泳〈"Audacity"的釋義〉說他收集20幾部1949年之前出版的英語詞典，大抵類似.....
《万象》 Panorama Monthly 第 4卷．第7期 2002年7月，157~58
HC案：我彙集的劍橋牛津等初階詞典的釋義：
audacious
adjective
showing a willingness to take risks or offend people:
He described the plan as ambitious and audacious.
an audacious remark/suggestion
audaciously
adverb
audaciousness
noun [U]
audacity
noun [U]
[+ to infinitive] It took a lot of audacity (= bravery) to stand up and criticize the chairman.
DISAPPROVING He had the audacity (= rudeness) to blame me for his mistake.
adjective
showing a willingness to take risks or offend people:
He described the plan as ambitious and audacious.
an audacious remark/suggestion
audaciously
adverb
audaciousness
noun [U]
audacity
noun [U]
[+ to infinitive] It took a lot of audacity (= bravery) to stand up and criticize the chairman.
DISAPPROVING He had the audacity (= rudeness) to blame me for his mistake.
Modesty and Audacity
By DAVID BROOKS
The self-restraint of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has allowed for a process of discovery and innovation to enter the health care debate.
By DAVID BROOKS
The self-restraint of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has allowed for a process of discovery and innovation to enter the health care debate.
In Prison, Play About a Trial Resonates
What the Audacity of Hope Looks Like From Behind Bars
Prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary were given the day off to watch Obama's inauguration -- the first time in the prison's history that inmates were free to watch a president being sworn in.
blushed at his own audacity.
Werner Huthmacher
BMW Plant Central Building, Leipzig, Germany, 2005
One of Hadid's most audacious projects was a building that acts as a gateway and office center linking three production buildings at a BMW factory complex. The exterior is another of her fields of bracing diagonals, but the real surprises begin inside.
One of Hadid's most audacious projects was a building that acts as a gateway and office center linking three production buildings at a BMW factory complex. The exterior is another of her fields of bracing diagonals, but the real surprises begin inside.
from Latin audax, audac'bold' (from audere 'dare') + -IOUS. audacity /ɔːˈdasɪti/ 7noun [mass noun] 1 a willingness to take bold risks: he whistled at the sheer audacity of the plan. 2 rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence: she had the ...
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