| 单词 | temerity |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ti'meriti] |
| 解释 | n.鲁莽，大胆 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.鲁莽，大胆 (audacity，rashness , recklessness) 【考】 alacrity : apathetic / temerity : timid(活泼的不冷漠/鲁莽 的不胆小)反义词：circumspect ion(谨慎); pusillanimity(胆怯) ; cautious approach(谨慎靠近) 【记】 temer(轻率)+ity 【例】 He had the temerity to ask for higher wages after only three day's work. |
| 字源 | temerity (n.) late 14c., from Latin temeritatem (nominative temeritas) "blind chance, accident; rashness, indiscretion, foolhardiness," from temere "by chance, at random; indiscreetly, rashly," related to tenebrae "darkness," from PIE root *teme- "dark" (cognates: Sanskrit tamas- "darkness," tamsrah "dark;" Avestan temah "darkness;" Lithuanian tamsa "darkness," tamsus "dark;" Old Church Slavonic tima "darkness;" Old High German dinstar "dark;" Old Irish temel "darkness"). The connecting notion is "blindly, without foreseeing." |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 鲁莽(不考虑危险的愚蠢行为) = recklessness 【记】读: 替marry ty, 替别人结婚的－鲁莽 【类】alacrity: apathetic = temerity: timid活泼的不冷漠 = 鲁莽的不胆小 【反】circumspection(n 细心; 慎重); pusillanimity(n 胆怯); cautious approach(谨慎靠近) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：特猛，太猛，忒猛 |
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