- 1大膽的；有時是稱讚，有時是「太放肆」
Audacious means very bold — so bold that people notice. Sometimes it is praise: an audacious plan, an audacious film, someone who a hard thing and makes you admire them. Sometimes it is not kind: an audacious lie, an audacious request, someone who has gone too far and is not showing respect. The words around it, and the speaker's tone, tell you which. It is a grown-up, slightly fancy word. In simple talk people more often say brave, bold, or cheeky. You will see it in news, reviews, and school essays more than in the playground. Though actually, it never only means 'good and brave'. Brave can be quiet. Audacious has a spark of 'I can't believe they did that' in it — and that spark can be a compliment or a raised .
組成From Latin audacia ('boldness') + -ious, from audax ('bold'), from audeo ('to dare').
同家族的字
- audacitythe noun: the boldness itself
- audaciouslythe adverb: in an audacious way
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
audaciousadj/ɔːˈdeɪ.ʃəs/
- 1
Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
- It was an audacious thing for her to attempt, but boldness had often served her turn before.
- That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
- 2
Impudent, insolent.
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