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单词 chutzpah
释义
chutzpahchutz‧pah /ˈhʊtspə/ noun [uncountable] informal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINchutzpah
Origin:
1800-1900 Yiddish, Late Hebrew huspah
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • It took a lot of chutzpah to quit your job like that.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And the resolution to this scene is exquisite in its chutzpah and farcical bad taste.
  • And who else would have the happy chutzpah to seem so natural doing it?
  • But you can't help admiring the chutzpah.
  • Had word of Hanson's interest leaked to the market, the stockbroker's chutzpah could almost have bankrupted the firm.
  • His reputation, along with luck and chutzpah, helped him get unique access to Ames.
  • His was a lifetime spent on the borderline between chutzpah and hubris.
  • No one else has the chutzpah to claim that.
  • This is chutzpah on rye bread with a side order of pickles and sour cream.
a lot of confidence and courage to do something, especially something that might involve being impolite to someone in authority – used to show approval SYN  nerve:  It took a lot of chutzpah to talk to your boss like that.
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