chutzpah
chutzpah 英 [ˈxʊtspə] 美 [ˈūʊtspə, ˈhʊt-]
n. 肆无忌惮
名词复数:chutzpahs
- Chutzpah means fearlessness. It takes chutzpah to stand in front of the whole class and announce that you are a better writer than William Shakespeare.
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- n. 肆无忌惮
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1. Oprah Winfrey gave her a chutzpah award and she met Bill Clinton.
欧普拉. 温弗里(Oprah Winfrey-美国着名的脱口秀主持人)颁给她“无所畏惧”奖（chutzpah award），她见到了比尔 克林顿（美国前前总统）。
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2. I also want to point out the irony of speaking to graduates of an institution that would have rejected me, had I the chutzpah to apply.
我还要指出一点，向哈佛毕业生发表演说，对我来说是有讽刺意味的，因为如果当年我斗胆向哈佛大学递交入学申请，一定会被拒绝。
- chutzpah (n.) also hutzpah, 1892, from Yiddish khutspe "impudence, gall," from Hebrew hutspah. The classic definition is that given by Leo Rosten: "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan."
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