【audacious】 - A-level备考词汇

audacious

UK:  [ɔː'deɪʃəs]

US:  [ɔ'deɪʃəs]

adj.

1.大胆的

2.大胆,胆大,大胆妄为

3.英勇果敢的;英勇豪迈的

4.气焰嚣张的

5.厚颜无耻的;鲁莽的,蛮横无礼的

6.鼓起勇气

7.轻佻放肆

1 . It was an audacious if rather unwelcome entry: China officially recognizes only five religions, and Judaism isn't one of them.
这即使不是一个不受欢迎的举动，也肯定是一个冒险的举动：中国官方只认定了五种宗教，而犹太教不在其中。

2 . But here an audacious experiment is about to try to replicate the cramped, claustrophobic conditions of a voyage across the Solar System.
然而此地即将进行一场极具冒险的试验---在狭窄、幽闭的条件下复制一场穿越太阳系的航行。

3 . "Once upon a time, there was an ambitious young man who didn't read The Economist. The End, " read one particularly audacious ad from 2004.
2004年一则特别大胆创新的广告这么说到：“从前，有一个很有抱负的年轻人，他不看《经济学人》，完了。”

4 . His heart thumped as he made this audacious declaration, that he almost choked in uttering it.
他鼓起勇气说这句话的时候，心砰砰乱跳，喉咙口象有什么东西哽住了。

5 . The corners of her mouth voluptuously turned up, as in the antique masks of Erigone, had an air of encouraging the audacious.
她嘴的两角含情脉脉地向上翘着，正如爱里柯尼的古代塑像，带着一种鼓励人放肆的神气。