| 单词 | brilliant |
| 释义 | brilliant (brɪliənt ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A2 A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful. She had a brilliant mind. Her brilliant performance had earned her two Golden Globes. Synonyms: intelligent, sharp, intellectual, alert brilliantly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective] A2 It is a very high quality production, brilliantly written and acted. brilliance uncountable noun [oft with poss] B2 He was a deeply serious musician who had shown his brilliance very early. Synonyms: splendour, glamour, grandeur, magnificence Synonyms: cleverness, talent, wisdom, distinction 2. adjective B1+ You can say that something is brilliant when you are very pleased about it or think that it is very good. [mainly British, informal, spoken] If you get a chance to see the show, do go–it's brilliant. My sister's given me this brilliant book. Synonyms: excellent, great [informal], good, fine brilliantly adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective/adverb] B1+ It's extremely hard working together but on the whole it works brilliantly. 3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ A brilliant career or success is very successful. He served four years in prison, emerging to find his brilliant career in ruins. The raid was a brilliant success. brilliantly adverb B1+ The strategy worked brilliantly. 4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ A brilliant colour is extremely bright. The woman had brilliant green eyes. ...a brilliant white open-necked shirt. brilliantly adverb [ADVERB adjective/-ed] B1+ Many of the patterns show brilliantly coloured flowers. brilliance uncountable noun B2 ...an iridescent blue butterfly in all its brilliance. Synonyms: splendour, glamour, grandeur, magnificence Synonyms: cleverness, talent, wisdom, distinction 5. adjective B2 You describe light, or something that reflects light, as brilliant when it shines very brightly. The event was held in brilliant sunshine. It was 250 million times more brilliant than the Sun. Synonyms: bright, shining, intense, sparkling brilliantly adverb [ADVERB adjective/-ed, ADVERB after verb] B2 It's a brilliantly sunny morning. brilliance uncountable noun His eyes became accustomed to the dark after the brilliance of the sun outside. [+ of] Synonyms: splendour, glamour, grandeur, magnificence Synonyms: cleverness, talent, wisdom, distinction Synonyms: brightness, blaze, intensity, sparkle Collocations: brilliant career It'd be a fitting end to a brilliant career. Times, Sunday Times But that decision came at the end of a long and brilliant career. Christianity Today The first of those 22 new dates takes place next week — no better time for this unmissable documentary, which looks back on her brilliant career. Times, Sunday Times He has dodged the limelight throughout his brilliant career, as he dodged markers. Times, Sunday Times It was the bitterest epitaph to a brilliant career. Times, Sunday Times Here, amid vivid drifts of daffodils and hyacinths, tulips of every kind erupt in astonishing polychrome lavaflows of brilliant colour. Times, Sunday Times I never saw such a variety of architecture, of life, of picturesqueness, of brilliant colour, of light and shade. Times, Sunday Times I always peel broad beans as the outer skin detracts from their subtle, creamy flavour and it's a shame not to see their brilliant colour. Times, Sunday Times Set against the crispest blue sky, it was just a dual expanse of brilliant colour. Times, Sunday Times Young purple osiers, or purple willows, add brilliant colour to the edge of lakes. Times, Sunday Times The final outcome was a brilliant combination that has gone down in the annals of imperishable chess beauty. Times, Sunday Times We began with corn cakes and mashed avocado and a chilli jelly, a brilliant combination of competing flavours. Times, Sunday Times He has that brilliant combination of speed and stamina that you need for this race. The Sun Its brilliant combination of travelogue and cookery really brought the tastes, sights and smells straight to the imagination. The Sun It was hailed as a brilliant combination of technical musicianship and pop-friendly songwriting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The collision of private and public life makes for brilliant comedy. Times,Sunday Times It's another quality-packed episode of cringingly brilliant comedy. The Sun It's that time of year again, well no it's not, but that shouldn't stop us enjoying this brilliant comedy. The Sun She spent many years working in provincial theatre both in legitimate theatre and in variety where she was noted for her brilliant comedy timing. Times, Sunday Times This brilliant comedy, coupled with some full-on roller skating action, has gone straight into my top five sporting comedies of all time. The Sun It was a brilliant debut. The Sun Did he match his brilliant debut? The Sun Can he back up his brilliant debut? The Sun After having distinguished himself in reconnaissance and artillery spotting, he made a brilliant debut in pursuit aviation where he showed himself to be an audacious and capable pilot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three authors have successors to brilliant debuts or breakthrough novels. Times, Sunday Times But a brilliant display of seven birdies and no bogeys showed he can still turn things around. The Sun There lies a brilliant display of just what the current collapse means to a variety of well-known people, with a survey of the market falls. Times, Sunday Times They bring us a brief, brilliant display of flight, and then they head south again. Times, Sunday Times It all adds up to a wickedly brilliant display. Times, Sunday Times Brilliant display in middle of the park. The Sun Each bright strap-shaped frond stands up strongly, supported by a stiff, raised midrib, all the same brilliant green. Times, Sunday Times (2017) To walk on a sunny day in the brilliant green light filtering through the leaves is a delight. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The overdosed stripe will have turned white and collapsed, and in between will be brilliant green stripes. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Numerous researchers have reported on brilliant green dye decolourization using various seaweed. 2019, 'Untreated and Sargassum wightii-treated brilliant green dye toxicity impact on microflora and Allium cepa L.', Applied Water Science What a brilliant idea for a series this is. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The quietest member of your family has a truly brilliant idea. The Sun (2016) It is a brilliant idea that gives people reassurance and peace of mind, knowing that their wishes will be found and acted on. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Humility: most cases don't turn on your brilliant insight or advocacy. Times,Sunday Times There's brilliant insight, but it's clouded by a sickly atmosphere of emotional earnestness. Times,Sunday Times Most of my people don't want a textual critique or a brilliant insight as much as they want the plain meaning of the text applied to their daily lives. Christianity Today Nobody mentioned my brilliant insights. Christianity Today He was a regretful man, and one of his most brilliant insights was into the role fear of regret played in our lives. Times, Sunday Times Such a brilliant invention, which makes life a lot easier. The Sun As for looking amazing, well, no, that's what the gel manis are for, but my nails certainly looked less ravaged than usual post-removal, and the clips are a brilliant invention. Times, Sunday Times It's a brilliant invention and has revolutionised my everyday life. The Sun Now that brilliant invention, podcasting, gives radio to us. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For some seconds the whole arc of the heavens was overspread by a brilliant light. Times, Sunday Times (2017) He was the blindingly brilliant light in a performance of many shadows. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A ray of brilliant light lay over the rough, woollen coverlet on Anna's bed. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS (2002) The vast room emitted a brilliant light. The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy (2007) He is respected around the world for his brilliant mind, incisive advocacy and direct approach. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We watch as her brilliant mind is betrayed by a body ravaged by disease and aggressive treatment. Times, Sunday Times (2016) So witty and charming and had such a brilliant mind,' she says. Times, Sunday Times (2008) A brilliant move, eliminating a very important defender. Times, Sunday Times He now found a brilliant move to cash in on his initiative. Times, Sunday Times I thought it was a brilliant move that got us the spot kick. Times, Sunday Times You're suddenly drawn to learning a new skill - for work or for fun - and it turns out to be a brilliant move. The Sun In hindsight, it was a brilliant move - yet at the time it was not a universally popular idea. Times, Sunday Times I write a 'difficult' but brilliant novel. Times, Sunday Times This intense, brilliant novel has the same quality. Times, Sunday Times All of these questions are most satisfyingly resolved by the end of this short, brilliant novel. Globe and Mail And yet she wrote a dozen brilliant novels, a number of short stories, and was - according to a cousin - 'a communist'. Times, Sunday Times She said that plenty of brilliant novels are neglected in literary prizes, and that more would be muscled out if comic books were included. Times, Sunday Times A hot spring bubbling and hissing at your feet is surrounded by brilliant orange and livid purple stains. THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004) A persimmon tree overhung the wall near the iron gates, dropping its squashy, brilliant orange fruit into the leafy road. PROSECUTOR (2003) The warm red glow at the sea 's edge has a brilliant orange heart. THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004) This was not a brilliant performance by any stretch. The Sun Superlative in a third brilliant performance on tour. Times, Sunday Times Any disappointment that we didn't get a photo-finish was diminished by the fact we saw a brilliant performance from a brilliant horse. The Sun Any pupil planning a last-minute dash through the revision notes to produce a miraculously brilliant performance has been comprehensively found out. Times,Sunday Times It often happens in sport that a team produce a brilliant performance and then pay the price in their next game. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday the shopping malls and multi-storey carparks were basking in brilliant sunshine. The Sun (2007) White stuff glistening in brilliant sunshine against a backdrop of blue. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The brilliant sunshine has lit up the colours now appearing on the trees. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It was a charming moment from a quite brilliant talent. Times, Sunday Times Referees like him and that's a brilliant talent to cultivate, it must be said. Times, Sunday Times His reptilian charm marked him out as a brilliant talent. Times, Sunday Times I think he's a brilliant talent. The Sun It was nice to sit down with the family and watch a variety show with an assortment of brilliant talent. The Sun But in the context of a gritty, sometimes fractious, occasionally brilliant and always desperately earnest series, the final flourish had a plenty of hidden meaning. Times, Sunday Times Digital democracy will be messy, sometimes unreadable, occasionally brilliant, and essentially a wonderful advance (in the non-monetary sense). Times, Sunday Times They have the best openers in the event yet fragile but occasionally brilliant middle-order batsmen. Times, Sunday Times Written with a passion that was often wrongheaded and self-indulgent but occasionally brilliant, it became an unrivalled beacon of outsider attitude and spiky writing. Times, Sunday Times It was funny and occasionally brilliant, but never mistake witty and right for powerful and important. Times, Sunday Times That was a rare talking point in a half that was technically brilliant but difficult to watch. The Sun He kicked really well and was technically brilliant. The Sun Today, after one of the most technically brilliant rescues ever, all should be back with their families. The Sun He probably saw it that way, too, because he blasted through the final 50, skidding over the top of the water; at once powerful and technically brilliant. Times, Sunday Times His inspired feel for the pulse of a game and ability to affect that heartbeat with spontaneously imaginative, technically brilliant interventions has seldom been more in evidence. Times, Sunday Times It's truly brilliant for calming down coarse, curly or processed hair. Times, Sunday Times Truly brilliant performances, even by the best in their field, are rare commodities. Times, Sunday Times Truly brilliant and well worth the 30 average price. The Sun A truly brilliant goal and a moment to savour. Times, Sunday Times It gives a flawless finish - possibly too flawless, but truly brilliant if you have acne or rosacea to conceal. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 卓越的 Japanese: 光り輝く |
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