If you say that a person has the temerity to do something, you are annoyed about something they have done which you think showed a lack of respect.
例句
He has even had the temerity to invoke the names of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X in defence of his actions.他竟然敢搬出馬丁·路德·金和馬爾科姆·艾克斯的名字來(lái)為自己的行為辯解。...'difficult' patients who have the temerity to challenge their doctors' decisions.膽敢不遵醫(yī)囑的“難纏”病人
英漢詞典釋義
n.
魯莽,冒失
He had the temerity to call me a liar.他竟膽敢說(shuō)我撒謊。He had the temerity to ask for higher wages after only a day’s work.只工作了一天，他就蠻不講理地要求增加工資。