temerity
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [t??mer.?.ti]
- 美式音標 [t??mer.?.t?i]
- 國際音標 [ti'mer?ti, t?-]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 魯莽，冒失；蠻勇
詞根記憶
- tem(黑暗的) + er + ity→摸黑行動→魯莽，大膽
- 來自temer(輕率) + ity→輕率→魯莽
英漢例句
- He had the temerity to ask for higher wages after only a day's work.
衹工作了一天,他就蠻不講理地要求增加工資. - He has even had the temerity to invoke the names of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X in defence of his actions.
他竟然敢搬出馬丁·路德·金和馬爾科姆·艾尅斯的名字來爲自己的行爲辯解。 - Tins took some temerity, but it was fruitless.
這件事做得有點莽撞, 但結果還是無用. - He had the temerity to call me a liar!
他竟敢說我撒謊！ - He has even had the temerity to invoke the names of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X in defence of his actions.
他竟然敢搬出馬丁·路德·金和馬爾科姆·艾尅斯的名字來爲自己的行爲辯解。
詞組短語
- temerity y 魯莽
- temerity circumspection 魯莽
- temerity pusillanimity 大膽;蠻勇;膽怯斷
- forwardness temerity 鹵莽
- synonyms see TEMERITY timorous 膽小的
短語
英英字典
- a willingness to do or say something that shocks or upsets other people
- If you say that a person has the temerity to do something, you are annoyed about something they have done which you think showed a lack of respect.