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单词 bold
释义
bold
(bld )
Word forms: bolder , boldest
1. adjective B2
Someone who is bold is not afraid to do things which involve risk or danger.
Amrita becomes a bold, daring rebel.
In 1960 this was a bold move.
Poland was already making bold economic reforms.
Synonyms: fearless, enterprising, brave, daring  
boldly adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2
You can and must act boldly and confidently.
boldness uncountable noun B2
Don't forget the boldness of his economic programme.
2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
Someone who is bold is not shy or embarrassed in the company of other people.
I don't feel I'm being bold, because it's always been natural for me to just speak out.
boldly adverb
'You should do it,' the girl said, boldly.
3. adjective B1+
A bold colour or pattern is very bright and noticeable.
...bold flowers in various shades of red, blue or white.
...bold, dramatic colours.
Synonyms: bright, conspicuous, strong, striking  
boldly adverb B1+
The design is pretty startling and very boldly coloured.
4. adjective
Bold lines or designs are drawn in a clear, strong way.
Each picture is shown in colour on one page and as a bold outline on the opposite page.
5. uncountable noun [usually NOUN noun]
Bold is print which is thicker and looks blacker than ordinary printed letters. [technical]
Quotations:
Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense,
But good men starve for want of impudence
John DrydenConstantine the Great
The bold are always lucky
Idioms:
bold as brass
not ashamed or embarrassed, although your behaviour is shocking or annoying to other people
Their leader, bold as brass, came improperly dressed, while all the others were wearing black ties.
Collocations:
bold approach
This bold approach, justified by careful reading of contemporaneous sources, gives the music a singularly dramatic lift.
Times, Sunday Times
It was no more than the visitors deserved for their bold approach.
The Sun
The bold approach seems to have been successful: about a hundred employers and recruiters have been in touch with him after watching it.
Times,Sunday Times
There might be the odd change, but a manager cannot simply jettison a new, bold approach on the basis of defeat by a superior team.
Times, Sunday Times
First, this was a bold approach.
Times, Sunday Times
bold bid
He could make a bold bid if allowed a soft lead.
The Sun
Likes quick ground and will make bold bid from the front.
The Sun
I always like to make a bold bid in the first match of a long event.
Times,Sunday Times
He will make a bold bid from the front and could stay on into the places.
The Sun
In a bold bid to tackle a 'lost generation', under-25s will be entitled to working tax credits to boost their wages.
The Sun
bold claim
It's a bold claim - and one that doesn't entirely stack up.
Times, Sunday Times
I for one was a bit confused that someone who doesn't have the disease could make such a bold claim.
The Sun
At first, this seems like a bold claim.
The Sun
To drive home his point, he makes a remarkably bold claim.
Times, Sunday Times
A bold claim but it really helped define my lashes.
The Sun
bold colour
Use a bold colour and then define those eyes with a shimmery eyeliner.
The Sun (2008)
It's the perfect base for bold colour.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Should it be pastels or bold colour?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Using a bold colour such as yellow is risky.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
bold declaration
In truth this was not an especially bold declaration.
Times, Sunday Times
While this bold declaration was in no way fulfilled, it did galvanize public attention, stimulate debate and studies on the feasibility of such a goal.
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The latter pressed for a bold declaration of independence.
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A subject so vast and compact leads to bold declarations, but also to superfluous material and hyperbole.
The Times Literary Supplement
Pink makes bold declarations, many of them contradictory.
Times, Sunday Times
bold departure
A bold departure well worth making.
The Sun
The university has narrowed the range of subjects it offers in what it calls a 'bold departure from traditional structures and models of learning'.
Times, Sunday Times
The church was described in contemporary writing as a rather bold departure from normal church design of the period.
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bold design
Making bold design decisions can be an expensive business.
Times, Sunday Times
It heralded a new era of bold design, technical improvement and better quality.
The Sun
It was a bold design.
Times, Sunday Times
The club will pay a high price for the bold design and several unavoidable infrastructure problems unique to the site.
Times, Sunday Times
The buyers of maps might want a bold design statement and a piece of history, but they will often look for personal relevance too.
Times, Sunday Times
bold experiment
A bold experiment that pays off.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What we are seeing is a bold experiment.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is also the testing ground for a bold experiment.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
bold flavour
The bold flavour lets you go easy on portions.
The Sun
The red chilli adds spice while the mango, apricots and cranberries deliver a wonderfully bold flavour.
The Sun
Rustic, slightly macho styles of baking, with big, bold flavours and interesting textures, are very trendy right now.
Times, Sunday Times
The traditional menu sees local seafood cooked to perfection with big, bold flavours in every dish.
The Sun
I absolutely love the big, bold flavours in this dish.
Times, Sunday Times
bold gamble
It will be seen as a bold gamble but it will not be the last.
Times, Sunday Times
That's the bold gamble of the docusoap's latest episode.
Times, Sunday Times
I was a little surprised for it was a bold gamble.
Globe and Mail
Any strike was considered... a bold gamble by an isolated union.
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He got his father's support to try a bold gamble, and went out to try to buy time for the family to escape - which most of them did.
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bold hues
Bold hues, on the other hand, make everything on display feel grander, cooler, more intense, with beautiful undertones subtly changing in the daylight.
Times, Sunday Times
And you can overhaul your make-up collection as bold hues take over.
The Sun
From sofas to chairs to dining tables, bright bold hues were everywhere at the fair.
Times, Sunday Times
If you have a lot of bright colours, group together white in the middle so it makes it clearer to see what you've got and breaks up the bold hues.
The Sun
Bold hues, quirky motifs and statement shapes will attract the eye, while bright shades will flatter your face too.
The Sun
bold idea
Indeed, it was such a bold idea he initially lacked the confidence to try it out himself.
Times, Sunday Times
This bold idea was taken by the world.
The Sun
And she writes precisely as she looks: like a continually fresh and bold idea.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a bold idea at a time when the genre was afforded scant respect by the literary establishment.
Times, Sunday Times
His goods and services tax, designed to simplify taxes across the country and eliminate confusing state levies, was a bold idea that foundered on a muddled implementation.
Times,Sunday Times
bold initiative
And you never know, one thing might lead to another and you might find your single status brought to a close by this bold initiative.
Times, Sunday Times
This bold initiative resulted in many historic firsts in video game history.
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During this time he was promoted to major and his bold initiative on outpost duty won a commendation.
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Fear not, rail companies say, for we have taken bold initiatives with councils to provide bike storage in stations.
Times, Sunday Times
In the absence of any political appetite for such a move, however, there needed to be bold initiatives to 'bridge the capability gap'.
Times, Sunday Times
bold leadership
These are massive tasks which require bold leadership.
The Sun
That's not to deny the imaginative and bold leadership many chairpersons exhibit.
Christianity Today
Bold leadership means that many of them are thriving - often by imaginatively adapting to the new conditions.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead of offering bold leadership, we commission consultations, organise summits or, most damaging of all, sit back and wait for something to happen that forces the decision upon us.
Times, Sunday Times
This will require bold leadership.
Times, Sunday Times
bold leap
It was a bold leap.
Times, Sunday Times
But, several bold leaps later, he was past the line, 10 lengths clear.
The Sun
My husband made two bold leaps of 10,000, hoping to shake off the faint-hearted.
Times, Sunday Times
The strings open the movement and repeat that music four times in different keys, the bass part shows bold leaps and rich coloraturas.
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bold letters
On one side of her sign she had my name in big bold letters.
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The 1962 in club annals written in bold letters.
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Most images to be engraved are bold letters or have large continuously engraved areas, and these are well-rasterized.
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Moreover, we have used bold letters to indicate vectors and bold capital letters for matrices.
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bold move
To me, as a climate scientist, this seems a bold move.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
It was a bold move.
The Sun (2016)
Opening a restaurant that goes against the grain of current fashions is a bold move.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Perhaps the cobbles hierarchy might consider a bold move - to bring him back for good!
The Sun (2009)
It was a bold move and injected new life into his team.
The Sun (2016)
bold pattern
The bold pattern also suits her personality.
The Sun
Some of the most creative new floor coverings, combining vivid colour and bold pattern, are in vinyl.
Times, Sunday Times
Stay away from bold pattern for a while.
Times, Sunday Times
With colour making a comeback, start with bold patterns and accessories, from funky wallpaper and feature lighting, and get creative.
Times, Sunday Times
Experiment with bold patterns or blocks of zesty colour.
Times, Sunday Times
bold prediction
However, his complex empire began to unravel soon after he made the bold prediction.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a bold prediction and one whose author admits he made 'blindly'.
Times, Sunday Times
To suggest so seems less a bold prediction than a statement of the obvious.
Times, Sunday Times
First, however, a bold prediction.
Times, Sunday Times
This was a bold prediction at a time when interest rates were close to 12 per cent.
Globe and Mail
bold print
They can benefit from visual cues such as italics, bold print, subheadings, and punctuation.
Christianity Today
I look round at orange floral shirts and striped jackets and bold print designs.
Times, Sunday Times
Use wallpaper on one wall only, in a bold print, or paint it a standout shade, leaving the others in a complementary neutral colour.
Times, Sunday Times
It's all about choosing one with hot colours or a bold print.
Times, Sunday Times
His new collection offers the trademark mix of bold print, metallics and opulent textures — a dose of instant sunshine, and just what the doctor ordered.
Times, Sunday Times
bold promise
It seemed like a bold promise then.
Times, Sunday Times
The title of this new series makes a bold promise, but even if it doesn't quite keep it, it offers a brisk and dramatic retelling of a stillfascinating story.
Times, Sunday Times
The former would give all parties carte blanche to make ludicrously bold promises.
Times, Sunday Times
I'm not the type to go out and make bold promises...
Globe and Mail
There were some bold promises in his speech.
Times, Sunday Times
bold reform
A lame duck prime minister who can achieve next to nothing in bold reform that he has often promised but has failed to deliver.
Times, Sunday Times
The truly bold reform would be to allow local authorities to raise and spend more of their own money.
Times, Sunday Times
If we are to preserve and strengthen this indispensable sector of our economy, we must recognise its failings and make bold reforms.
Times, Sunday Times
The bold reforms also added strict requirements for teacher tenure evaluations.
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Continuity in the political system but bolder reform in the economic system were announced as the hallmarks of the 10-year development plan for the 1990s.
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bold shades
Don't be afraid to wear bold shades - you don't have to stick to boho's traditional neutral palette.
The Sun
The bedrooms dial down the bold shades with calming cool blue and mint green.
Times, Sunday Times
Then there's the colour palette - a mix of neutrals, made interesting with subtle cuts and details and bold shades used with restraint.
Times, Sunday Times
Make the style more modern by picking stripes in bold shades of red rather than blues.
The Sun
If two bold shades together are out of your comfort zone, 'go for one focus point and keep the rest neutral and fresh'.
Times, Sunday Times
bold stance
This constitutes not only a bold stance but also an effort to end a vicious circle.
The Times Literary Supplement
He, at various times, due to his bold stance has been persecuted by the various state and non-state factors.
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Her bold stance a position that proved to be many years ahead of her time was met with broad condemnation.
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She provided extensive research on this topic, revolutionizing the field with her bold stance that challenges the credibility of eyewitness testimony in court.
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bold stand
You can call that taking a bold stand against vested interests.
Times, Sunday Times
If you take a bold stand with friends and family, they will have less power to hurt you.
The Sun
I liked the idea of standing out, of making a bold stand.
The Sun
The bold stand of his brigade under the lamented hero saved a large portion of the army.
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bold strategy
It was a pretty bold strategy to think the country could be lifted from recession by watching a guy jump into a sandpit.
The Sun
You have a clearer view of where you want your life to go and have the bold strategy and tenacity that will help you get there.
The Sun
It's a bold strategy, particularly in the face of a 42% revenue decline.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a big, bold strategy.
Times, Sunday Times
This was due to use of terrain, phalanx and cavalry tactics, bold strategy, and the fierce loyalty of his troops.
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bold stripes
We are backing bold stripes, metallic leathers and bold colourful prints.
Times, Sunday Times
Bold stripes are a big statement, so pare down the rest of your look.
The Sun
Choose bright, bold stripes in varying widths for a contemporary and feminine look.
Times, Sunday Times
Trademarks include bold stripes and trompe l'oeil motifs.
Times, Sunday Times
So you get seersucker blazers, colourful chinos disguised as flannels and bold stripes in red, navy and white.
Times, Sunday Times
bold strokes
The fossils stood out against this background like bold strokes of calligraphy, and they were stunningly intact.
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To catch and keep their involvement, bold strokes are required, simple distinctions between the good and the wicked, and grown-ups shown with their oddities exaggerated.
Times, Sunday Times
This 39ft-long scroll depicts mountain ranges and villages, lakes and houses, pavilions and ships, vivid against a gold-tinted background with bold strokes of ink.
Times, Sunday Times
The bold strokes, use of parody and self-reflection, constantly challenging convention and striving for the most up-to-date way to present a meaningful view of the world ...
The Sun
The three bold strokes surging forward signify students embracing the future with confidence and optimism.
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bold style
Now they've forayed into farce in typically bold style.
Times,Sunday Times
She blushes in different colors, and has a colorful and bold style.
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When painting he used the side of the brush in a fluent and bold style.
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Toward the end of his life, his bold style fell out of fashion, and many of his significant works were demolished in the 20th century.
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His manuscripts were also appreciated for his eponymous distinct and bold style of calligraphy.
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bold styling
Buyers like the mix of bold styling, roomy interior and nice driving package.
The Sun
I happen to like the bold styling, cartoon-sized 'tiger nose' grille and sweeping headlights.
The Sun
Estates are enjoying a real renaissance thanks to bold styling that makes them more interesting and nearly as practical as people carriers.
The Sun
bold thinking
It was bold thinking and came from a president who doesn't mess with the gray, only black and white.
Outlook India
The case for bold thinking on cleaning the air was already strong enough.
Times, Sunday Times
Without bold thinking, however, next year's review will make for grimmer reading still.
Times, Sunday Times
Bold thinking should not stop there.
Times, Sunday Times
The real issues are not being addressed and its time that we put forward an alternative vision, a bold thinking.
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bold vision
I am the only candidate who has both experience at the top levels of government and a bold vision for this country's future.
The Sun
It's a bold vision, but not altogether satisfying.
Times, Sunday Times
There were shelf-loads of books on green architecture and green living, but little information and no bold vision of environmental renovation.
Times, Sunday Times
Their hunger to succeed exceeded their abilities, yet communities would be poorer without their bold vision.
Times, Sunday Times
This bold vision requires political leadership, courage and investment.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 无畏的
Japanese: 大胆な
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