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单词 boldness
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Definition of boldness in English:

boldness

noun ˈbəʊldnəsˈboʊldnəs
mass noun
  • 1Willingness to take risks and act innovatively; confidence or courage.

    the boldness and independence that characterized his leadership
    a president who is showing incredible boldness in going after the cartels
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When he resolves to find medical supplies for the village, his boldness threatens to shatter the safety of the commune and change things forever.
    • In 1935, she told a folklorist a story of the legendary outlaw's boldness and daring.
    • She pours out floods of radiant sound as her character gains in boldness and patriotic zeal.
    • With so much determination and boldness from so few and such brave horsemen, they did not dare to wait for the third encounter.
    • The scale of his boldness as he forced unification on Germany was outside the thinking of 19th-century British cabinets.
    • She was much applauded for her boldness in tackling the unfamiliar Balanchine style.
    • The lack of artillery was made good by the boldness, initiative, and genius of a single individual.
    • It was directed with daring boldness from Steinbeck's dramatic realistic story.
    • The political leaderships must show guts and boldness, and must be willing to take political risk for the sake of better long-term achievements.
    • The actress perfectly captures the boldness and charm of Hepburn.
    1. 1.1dated Confidence to an impudent or presumptuous degree.
      they had the boldness to mock a man who had served his country
      you will overlook my boldness, I hope
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I shall try to give no occasion for that, perhaps just reproach of their ill-mannered boldness.
      • It is probable that the boldness of her temper impelled her sometimes to speak unwelcome truths to some of the people concerned in her affairs.
      • Despite her wildness, she's actually vulnerable, with her outward boldness hiding a deep insecurity.
      • These lyrics have the tipsy boldness of a fabulous drinking song.
      • Mother Brigitta found opportunity for various marginal notes, which indicated her displeasure at the boldness of this ill-bred fop.
  • 2The quality of having a strong, vivid, or clear appearance.

    the boldness of the hues are very startling
    these works display a great boldness of forms
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some critics have complained about the boldness of the colors.
    • The center glyph is the default level of boldness for this font.
    • The boldness and visual brilliance that lets posters succeed as ads has been their "albatross."
    • It will be modeled on the museum near Copenhagen, which has earned worldwide praise for the boldness of its design.
    • A calligraphic boldness as well as the apparent symbol of enlightenment might indicate Japanese.
    • There is a complex visual interplay between its subtlety and the boldness of the stripes flanking it.
    • In the 1850s, he moved to the greater attention to detail and boldness of color clearly evident in his oil paintings.
    • These are shown in the boldness of the batik colors and the directness of the motifs.
    • Heart-shaped leaves and demure purple flowers belie this ground cover's boldness.
    • He renders spaces and buildings with disarming boldness: flat earthy tones embrace colonial architectural embellishment and contemporary urban sprawl.
 
 

Definition of boldness in US English:

boldness

nounˈboʊldnəsˈbōldnəs
  • 1Willingness to take risks and act innovatively; confidence or courage.

    the boldness and independence that characterized his leadership
    a president who is showing incredible boldness in going after the cartels
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was much applauded for her boldness in tackling the unfamiliar Balanchine style.
    • She pours out floods of radiant sound as her character gains in boldness and patriotic zeal.
    • When he resolves to find medical supplies for the village, his boldness threatens to shatter the safety of the commune and change things forever.
    • The scale of his boldness as he forced unification on Germany was outside the thinking of 19th-century British cabinets.
    • In 1935, she told a folklorist a story of the legendary outlaw's boldness and daring.
    • It was directed with daring boldness from Steinbeck's dramatic realistic story.
    • With so much determination and boldness from so few and such brave horsemen, they did not dare to wait for the third encounter.
    • The lack of artillery was made good by the boldness, initiative, and genius of a single individual.
    • The actress perfectly captures the boldness and charm of Hepburn.
    • The political leaderships must show guts and boldness, and must be willing to take political risk for the sake of better long-term achievements.
    1. 1.1dated Confidence to an impudent or presumptuous degree.
      they had the boldness to mock a man who had served his country
      you will overlook my boldness, I hope
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These lyrics have the tipsy boldness of a fabulous drinking song.
      • It is probable that the boldness of her temper impelled her sometimes to speak unwelcome truths to some of the people concerned in her affairs.
      • I shall try to give no occasion for that, perhaps just reproach of their ill-mannered boldness.
      • Despite her wildness, she's actually vulnerable, with her outward boldness hiding a deep insecurity.
      • Mother Brigitta found opportunity for various marginal notes, which indicated her displeasure at the boldness of this ill-bred fop.
  • 2The quality of having a strong, vivid, or clear appearance.

    the boldness of the hues are very startling
    these works display a great boldness of forms
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He renders spaces and buildings with disarming boldness: flat earthy tones embrace colonial architectural embellishment and contemporary urban sprawl.
    • There is a complex visual interplay between its subtlety and the boldness of the stripes flanking it.
    • It will be modeled on the museum near Copenhagen, which has earned worldwide praise for the boldness of its design.
    • A calligraphic boldness as well as the apparent symbol of enlightenment might indicate Japanese.
    • The center glyph is the default level of boldness for this font.
    • Heart-shaped leaves and demure purple flowers belie this ground cover's boldness.
    • Some critics have complained about the boldness of the colors.
    • The boldness and visual brilliance that lets posters succeed as ads has been their "albatross."
    • In the 1850s, he moved to the greater attention to detail and boldness of color clearly evident in his oil paintings.
    • These are shown in the boldness of the batik colors and the directness of the motifs.
 
 
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