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- Yet while he might be loth to admit it, Mr Musk has become America’s most audacious corporate financier as well as its best-known entrepreneur.
然而,马斯克除了是美国最知名的企业家外,也成了最大胆敢为的金融家,虽然他可能不愿承认。
——《经济学人》 - There is an audacious economic experiment happening in China.
中国正在进行一场大胆创新的经济实验。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[adjective] showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks
[形容词] 表现出愿意冒需要惊人胆量的风险的
深入解读
Audacious 是一个小站(微信公众号:田间小站)先后在 好书推荐 | 一本让你寒假弯道超车的单词书 和 译海纵横 | 虎年说“虎” 中提到过的单词,该词源自拉丁语 audacia (胆量、勇敢、勇气),16世纪40年代经法语 audacieux (大胆的、勇敢的、果敢的)进入英语,也是用来表示“大胆的、敢于冒险的”,常作正式用语指表现出愿意冒需要惊人胆量的风险,或者愿意做令人震惊的事情,比如:
- 他渴望成为他们的下一届领导人。但由于选民普遍态度冷淡,他为当选总统而制订的大胆计划注定要失败。
He aspired to be their next leader. But his audacious plan to win the presidency was doomed to failure due to the widespread apathy among the electorate.
Audacious 这种敢于大胆冒险,往好了说可以用 audacious 引申指“大胆创新的”,多以独创性和热情活力为标志,比如:
而往不好了说,则是到了16世纪90年代后开始发展出贬义表示“鲁莽的、放肆的”或者说“胆大妄为的、厚颜无耻的”,多指人藐视法律、宗教或礼仪,缺乏尊重,放肆冒犯他人,比如:
名著用例
Black's audacious escape from Azkaban two years ago has led to the widest manhunt ever conducted by the Ministry of Magic.
两年前布莱克胆大妄为地从阿兹卡班越狱逃跑,魔法部展开了前所未有的大范围搜捕。
出自英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第五本《哈利·波特与凤凰社》(Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)。
同近义词
- bold: (of a person, action, or idea) showing an ability to take risks; confident and courageous
- plucky: having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties
- intrepid: fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect)