【chutzpah】 - A-level备考词汇

chutzpah

UK:  ['hʊtspə]

US:  ['hʊtspə]

n.

1.〔美口〕厚颜无耻;胆大妄为

2.厚脸皮

1 . The very chutzpah of somebody thinking that you could explain consciousness is just out of the question.
这是太放肆大胆的想法意识是不可能被解释的

2 . Thus far, few banks have had the political chutzpah to exploit that situation too brazenly.
迄今为止，很少有银行有政治胆气厚着脸皮利用这种局面。

3 . Gorgeous , experimental , alive with a Scandinavian strain of chutzpah, and artistically elegant .
华丽无比，充满实验气息，与纳维亚人不羁的精神共存，艺术感超一流。

4 . He required a pretext to participate in Soviet Bureaucratic decisions was to elevate chutzpah into an art form.
他需要找个借口才能参与苏联官僚机构的决定，不过是把厚颜无耻打扮得漂亮些罢了。

5 . I also want to point out the irony of speaking to graduates of an institution that would have rejected me, had I the chutzpah to apply.
我还要指出一点，向哈佛毕业生发表演说，对我来说是有讽刺意味的，当年我斗胆向哈佛大学递交入学申请，会被拒绝。