courage or confidence of a kind that other people find shocking or rude大胆;勇气
[ + to infinitive ] It took a lot of audacity to stand up and criticize the chairman.站出来批评董事长需要很大的勇气。 disapproving He had the audacity to blame me for his mistake!他竟然把他自己的错误怪到我头上,真是厚颜无耻!