单词	temerity
释义	temerityte‧mer‧i‧ty /təˈmerəti/ noun [uncountable] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINtemerity Origin: 1400-1500 Latin temeritas, from temere ‘in the dark, too quickly and carelessly’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Alas, mythology usually relates that those who dare to challenge the gods pay a stiff price for their temerity. He was not hurt, so much as indignant that a woman he was beating should have the temerity to fight back. I became quite exercised when he had the temerity to ask us to leave the room for one of them. Many Republicans are exasperated at the vice-president's temerity to ask for all the votes to be counted. Or, very tentatively, and with much temerity, could Wheeler have been wrong? Their temerity was hardly less than that of painters who ignored the taboos imposed by convention, their dexterity even greater. With some temerity, therefore, it seems necessary to make at least a few observations. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► had the temerity to  He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight. when someone says or does something in a way that shows a lack of respect for other people and is likely to offend them → audacity:  He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight.
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