Audacity

(noun.) aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; 'he had the audacity to question my decision'.

(noun.) fearless daring.

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• These revolutions require a rare combination of personal audacity and social patience. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He flattered himself that it was opportunity, not audacity, which had failed him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Fanny looked very angry too, and her husband was all in a fright at his sister's audacity. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• You puzzle me, Jane: your look and tone of sorrowful audacity perplex and pain me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This audacity from a young woman is more than I can bear. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• With your usual happy mixture of cunning and audacity, you have got him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Astounding insular audacity! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• What are you, I should like to know,' pursued Mr Boffin, 'that you were to have the audacity to follow up this young lady? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And as he talked on, he grew quite bold, and actually had the audacity to ask Miss Rebecca for whom she was knitting the green silk purse? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Why, damn their audacity, so they have,' said Captain Boldwig, as the crumbs and fragments that were strewn upon the grass met his eye. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It was a characteristic speech, and sounded daring, but audacity becomes young people, and Amy's ambition had a good foundation. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I discerned he was now neither angry nor shocked at my audacity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Tis a kind of audacity to call such general opinions in question, and may subject one to censure. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• At that--at the complete unexpectedness and the inconceivable audacity of it--Lily could not restrain the tribute of an astonished laugh. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I am surprised that woman has the audacity to enter this house, Lady Jane said, trembling in every limb and turning quite pale. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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