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单词 unshrinking
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Definition of unshrinking in English:

unshrinking

adjectiveʌnˈʃrɪŋkɪŋˌənˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ
  • Unhesitating; fearless.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's opinionated, frank and unshrinking in both his criticisms and his defense of players, coaches and referees.
    • There must be a magistracy that is unshrinking in the execution of the laws.
    • Invoking the spirit of our forefathers, the army asks your unshrinking support, to the end that the high ideals for which America stands may endure upon the earth.
    • Neill is in the business of making Meryl Streep, Holly Hunter, and Judy Davis look good; it could be argued that these unshrinking violets have given their finest performances opposite him.
    • What Sayre admired was not some vague nobility that she found among the London exiles, but their unshrinking and ongoing commitment to radical goals.
    Synonyms
    brave, fearless, courageous, valorous, plucky, intrepid, heroic, stout-hearted, lionhearted, manly, manful, bold, daring, audacious, gallant, confident, spirited, stout, undaunted, dauntless, doughty, mettlesome, unalarmed, unflinching, unblenching, unabashed, undismayed

Derivatives

  • unshrinkingly

  • adverb
    • But it also unshrinkingly shows the viciousness of terrorism and the three-dimensional reality of victims who might otherwise recede into facelessness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They have prepared themselves unshrinkingly to meet and firmly to sustain any conflict in which this declaration may involve them.
      • Posing difficult questions and challenges, Rogers unshrinkingly probes the consequences of standing for Truth in a world of ambiguities.
      • She sat down beside him on the old bench and looked unshrinkingly in his face.
      • Our brave front withstood unshrinkingly the heavy fire of rifles and cannon concentrated upon it.
 
 

Definition of unshrinking in US English:

unshrinking

adjectiveˌənˈSHriNGkiNGˌənˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ
  • Unhesitating; fearless.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Invoking the spirit of our forefathers, the army asks your unshrinking support, to the end that the high ideals for which America stands may endure upon the earth.
    • Neill is in the business of making Meryl Streep, Holly Hunter, and Judy Davis look good; it could be argued that these unshrinking violets have given their finest performances opposite him.
    • He's opinionated, frank and unshrinking in both his criticisms and his defense of players, coaches and referees.
    • There must be a magistracy that is unshrinking in the execution of the laws.
    • What Sayre admired was not some vague nobility that she found among the London exiles, but their unshrinking and ongoing commitment to radical goals.
    Synonyms
    brave, fearless, courageous, valorous, plucky, intrepid, heroic, stout-hearted, lionhearted, manly, manful, bold, daring, audacious, gallant, confident, spirited, stout, undaunted, dauntless, doughty, mettlesome, unalarmed, unflinching, unblenching, unabashed, undismayed
 
 
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