| 单词 | temerity |
| 释义 | temerity noun[U] formaldisapprovinguk/təˈmer.ə.ti/us/təˈmer.ə.t̬i/awillingnessto do or say something thatshocksorupsetsotherpeople: 鲁莽；冒失[+ to infinitive]Shehad thetemeritytocallme aliar.她竟冒失地说我是骗子。 Synonym audacity Rude and cheeky
Examplesoftemeritytemerity Suchtemerityis usually met by some kind of counter-attack, and at the very least a great deal of biting back. From theCambridge English Corpus They became standard partisan antiimages of ineptitude, selfishness, instinctual behavior, andtemerity. From theCambridge English Corpus The lawyer was fined fortemerityand resigned from the case. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet we have the nerve andtemerityto claim to be a compassionate and caring society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I did it with a certain amount oftemeritybut it was a highly educative experience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do feel perhaps that histemerityin treading on some sacred preserves may have earned him the rebukes which we have heard so constantly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If countries have thetemerity, or are so delinquent or remiss, as to import food from outside, they will be fined—penalised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 With perseverance andtemerity, she obtained a copy of the application from the bank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In a free society, a retired headmaster was described as disgusting and intimidating because he had had thetemerityto distribute some leaflets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This, these people have thetemerityto call administrative convenience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I apologise for having thetemerityto do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But then she had thetemerityto have children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I had thetemerityto suggest that, unless those two companies got together, neither would survive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I had thetemerityto raise this matter only because of my 12 to 15 years' experience of working in this sphere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Do those who have knowledge of this kind of industry have thetemerityto assume such a smooth production run? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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