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单词 dauntless
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Definition of dauntless in English:

dauntless

adjective ˈdɔːntləs
  • Showing fearlessness and determination.

    dauntless bravery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because of his dauntless courage, Levski was called the lion, a figure that became the national symbol of Bulgaria and the name of its currency.
    • To Pamela's astonishment, there was helplessness in those eyes she had come to think of as dauntless.
    • Through dauntless courage and competence, most of her crew lived through the ordeal, ultimately rescued by a Soviet fishing trawler that luckily happened to be nearby.
    • PFC Thompson's dauntless courage and gallant self-sacrifice reflect the highest credit on himself and uphold the esteemed traditions of military service.
    • There is no doubt who are the heroes of this narrative: the dauntless developers who battle the cupidity and ignorance of the managers.
    • Television in the United States was brimming over with badge-wavers led by the dauntless Joe Friday.
    • In dauntless courage Collingwood was unquestionably Nelson's equal, but a natural stoicism assisted Collingwood to more balanced judgements.
    • A film that explores the extraordinary circumstances they grapple with to live their ordinary lives, this documentary is a celebration of their dauntless spirit.
    • In Beckwourth's self-portrait, he amassed so many honors as a Crow warrior that he rose to a chieftainship, rich in wives and ponies, dauntless in battle, and venerated for his wisdom and leadership.
    • What happened to the image of dauntless police officers, the ones that risked their lives to perform the right tasks?
    • The books carry the message of hope and the strength of a dauntless spirit that challenges all odds.
    • His dauntless leadership and personal courage so inspired his men that they stormed into the hostile position and used their bayonets with such lethal effect that the enemy fled in wild disorder.
    • Elaw's Memoirs testify vividly to her dauntless independence, her boldly visionary sense of mission, and her radical spiritual individualism.
    • While some groan about performances featuring 40 yelping, howling, yodelling singers and shaking rice in shoe boxes, most praise Monk's dauntless quest to create landscapes of sound.
    • He was determined, she could tell, perhaps even dauntless.
    • After months of dauntless determination, the rover is now on the last leg of the hike.
    • One glimpsed for a few minutes behind the wings and saw the difficulties - a bit too late - of the dauntless, sovereign statesman, always ready for a tackle.
    • The anti-heroic stance has nothing to do with being infallible or superhuman or invulnerable or dauntless.
    • This is a compelling work, not least for the dancers' brilliant physical co-ordination, dauntless stamina and sheer feat of memory.
    • The demonstration that included silambam (stick play), rope malkhamp, trampoline and vaulting horse was just a specimen of their dauntless activities.
    Synonyms
    fearless, determined, resolute, indomitable, intrepid, doughty, plucky, spirited, game, mettlesome, gritty, steely, confident, undaunted, undismayed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unabashed, unfaltering, unflagging, bold, audacious, valiant, brave, stout-hearted, lionhearted, gallant, courageous, heroic, daring, daredevil
    informal gutsy, spunky, ballsy, feisty

Derivatives

  • dauntlessly

  • adverbˈdɔːntləsli
    • She kept her illness a secret and dauntlessly continued her efforts.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • During his fearless actions he was blown down by artillery and grenade blasts three times but each time he dauntlessly returned to his position, tenaciously fighting and successfully repelling hostile attacks.
      • The Great Wall is a symbol of the dauntlessly indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation.
      • Pamuk seizes upon the burning issues of the present, fighting for human and minority rights and taking a stand on his country's politics as dauntlessly as he looks back at its great Osmanian past.
      • A stonemason by trade, he dauntlessly studies Latin and Greek with the rigorous mind of a classical scholar in preparation for entering the ivy-covered Gothic halls of Christminster, a college town supposed to evoke Oxford.
  • dauntlessness

  • noun
    • Intrepid implies absolute fearlessness & especially suggests dauntlessness in facing the new or unknown.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He determined to pursue education in his own way: ‘If I were to live at all I would live with the utmost effectiveness and with entire dauntlessness of spirit’.
      • Hall wrote of Wallace's ‘daring, dauntlessness, and imagination.’
      • Struck by his desperate dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last relented, and told him he might make himself at home.
      • Mamoon was surprised and amazed at the boldness, dauntlessness and training of that child and asked, ‘What is your name?’
 
 

Definition of dauntless in US English:

dauntless

adjective
  • Showing fearlessness and determination.

    dauntless bravery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One glimpsed for a few minutes behind the wings and saw the difficulties - a bit too late - of the dauntless, sovereign statesman, always ready for a tackle.
    • While some groan about performances featuring 40 yelping, howling, yodelling singers and shaking rice in shoe boxes, most praise Monk's dauntless quest to create landscapes of sound.
    • In dauntless courage Collingwood was unquestionably Nelson's equal, but a natural stoicism assisted Collingwood to more balanced judgements.
    • There is no doubt who are the heroes of this narrative: the dauntless developers who battle the cupidity and ignorance of the managers.
    • PFC Thompson's dauntless courage and gallant self-sacrifice reflect the highest credit on himself and uphold the esteemed traditions of military service.
    • The anti-heroic stance has nothing to do with being infallible or superhuman or invulnerable or dauntless.
    • Through dauntless courage and competence, most of her crew lived through the ordeal, ultimately rescued by a Soviet fishing trawler that luckily happened to be nearby.
    • He was determined, she could tell, perhaps even dauntless.
    • Television in the United States was brimming over with badge-wavers led by the dauntless Joe Friday.
    • The demonstration that included silambam (stick play), rope malkhamp, trampoline and vaulting horse was just a specimen of their dauntless activities.
    • The books carry the message of hope and the strength of a dauntless spirit that challenges all odds.
    • A film that explores the extraordinary circumstances they grapple with to live their ordinary lives, this documentary is a celebration of their dauntless spirit.
    • To Pamela's astonishment, there was helplessness in those eyes she had come to think of as dauntless.
    • In Beckwourth's self-portrait, he amassed so many honors as a Crow warrior that he rose to a chieftainship, rich in wives and ponies, dauntless in battle, and venerated for his wisdom and leadership.
    • This is a compelling work, not least for the dancers' brilliant physical co-ordination, dauntless stamina and sheer feat of memory.
    • His dauntless leadership and personal courage so inspired his men that they stormed into the hostile position and used their bayonets with such lethal effect that the enemy fled in wild disorder.
    • Elaw's Memoirs testify vividly to her dauntless independence, her boldly visionary sense of mission, and her radical spiritual individualism.
    • What happened to the image of dauntless police officers, the ones that risked their lives to perform the right tasks?
    • After months of dauntless determination, the rover is now on the last leg of the hike.
    • Because of his dauntless courage, Levski was called the lion, a figure that became the national symbol of Bulgaria and the name of its currency.
    Synonyms
    fearless, determined, resolute, indomitable, intrepid, doughty, plucky, spirited, game, mettlesome, gritty, steely, confident, undaunted, undismayed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unabashed, unfaltering, unflagging, bold, audacious, valiant, brave, stout-hearted, lionhearted, gallant, courageous, heroic, daring, daredevil
 
 
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