【学个词 temerity】temerity - n. 鲁莽，冒失；蛮勇

Temerity

　　Definition

1: unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : RASHNESS, RECKLESSNESS

2: a rash or reckless act

　　Example Sentences

　　1 He defeated giant corporations—the auto industry, big pharma—back when no one else was even trying to; he had the temerity to believe that fighting for safety and quality and transparency was a quintessentially American thing to do. -Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2007

　　2 A wisp of a kid (six feet, 160 pounds) with the temerity to buzz pitches up and in to Barry Bonds, Hudson has a bit of Pedro in him. -ESPN, 24 July 2000

　　3 … all the while you're balancing your two prevailing interests: recording her words to later use against her—because, she, too, had the temerity to be relatively famous and attractive (with a master's from Penn)—while also, more pressingly, trying to get invited back to her apartment -Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, 2000

　　4 He was punished for his temerity.

　　5 she had the temerity to ask me if she could borrow some money even though she never repaid the last loan

　　6 When a Times reviewer has the temerity to give Tesla’s Model S a mediocre review, Sullivan is forced to sort out the ensuing backlash. -Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2022

　　7 Mormonism also had the temerity to believe in prophets in the age of photographs.The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022

　　8 When then-First Lady Michelle Obama slung her arm around her hostess during a visit to Buckingham Palace in 2009, royal watchers gasped at the temerity and the breach of protocol. -Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022