temerity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /tɪˈmɛɹ.ɪ.ti/|/təˈmɛɹ.ɪ.ti/    美 /təˈmɛɹ.ə.ti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Reckless boldness; foolish bravery. uncountable
    — 1569, Thomas Pearson, trans., "The Second Paradox," in The booke of Marcus Tullius Cicero entituled Paradoxa Stoicorum, T. Marshe (London), Neyther the spightfull temerity and rashnes of variable fortune, nor the envious hart burning and in iurious hatred of mine enemies shold be able once to damnify me.
  2. An act or case of reckless boldness. countable
    — Draper, dear lad, had the illusion of an "intellectual sympathy" between them.... Draper's temerities would always be of that kind.
  3. Effrontery; impudence. uncountable
    — He had very nearly been guilty of the temerity of arrogating to himself another title in the presence of those he most respected.

词形变化

temerities plural timerity alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
temeritous
相关词
temerarious intemerate temerary temeration

词源

From Middle English temerite, temeryte, from Old French temerité, from Latin temeritās (“chance, accident, rashness”), from temere (“by chance, casually, rashly”). By surface analysis, temer(arious) + -ity.
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