audacious

英 [ɔːˈdeɪʃəs]

美 [ɔːˈdeɪʃəs]

adj.  敢于冒险的; 大胆的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 敢于冒险的；大胆的
  willing to take risks or to do sth shocking
  1. an audacious decision
     大胆的决定

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 敢于冒险的；大胆的
  Someone who isaudacioustakes risks in order to achieve something.
  1. ...an audacious plan to win the presidency.
     为当选总统而制订的大胆计划

双语例句

• CEO Larry Page urged them to be "audacious," especially in philanthropy.
  谷歌CEO拉里•佩奇还力劝大家“大胆一点”，尤其是在慈善事业上。
• Somali pirates yesterday launched one of their most audacious attacks by hijacking a US-flagged ship with its 20 American crew.
  索马里海盗昨日发起了他们最大胆的袭击之一，劫持了一艘悬挂美国旗的船舶和船上20名美国船员。
• You are extremely audacious to steal a purse in broad daylight!
  光天化日下抢钱包，你真是胆大包天。
• Indeed, if the European Central Bank were similarly audacious, the euro-zone might be better off today.
  实际上，如果欧洲央行（ecb）当初也同样大胆，那么欧元区面前的状况可能会更好。
• Its audacious bid for equinox has just started.
  而五矿对equinox的大胆收购才刚刚开始。
• From an ordinary producer such an audacious proposal would have been lucky to raise a polite smile.
  对于一家普通的制片公司而言，这种大胆的提议若能得到一个礼貌性的微笑就算幸运了。
• Practice had hardened me, and I grew audacious to the last degree.
  习惯使我的心硬化了，我胆大到极点了。
• The prisoners had an audacious escape plan involving two helicopters.
  囚犯们策划了一项有两架直升机参与的大胆越狱计划。
• At times, as I can testify, our assault on the US market was improbably audacious.
  我亲眼见证，有时我们对美国市场的奇袭大胆得令人难以置信。
• Given all that, how could such an audacious project get the go-ahead?
  既然如此，为什么这样一个大胆的项目能够被放行呢？