单词 | daring |
释义 | daring (once / 262 pages) nadj To be daring is to be bold, adventurous, and a little nervy. It’s a quality possessed by people who tend to take risks. If someone says, “I dare you,” and you always do, you’re a daring person. If you're daring, you dare to do things that are risky and even dangerous. A daring mountain climber goes for the top of Mount Everest, and a daring policeman enters the scariest houses to catch a crook. In comics and movies, superheroes are daring. Even quitting your job to start your own business is daring. The seafarers who first traveled across the globe were daring. Daring people are brave, and daring adventures are pretty exciting. WORD FAMILYdaring: daringest, daringly, darings+/dare: dared, dares, daring USAGE EXAMPLESThis happens often, but instead of just audio, Jarmusch scribbles Paterson’s verses across the screen, daring us to really consider the words. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Call it moviegoers hungry for a sassy robot and some daring acts of galactic rebellion. Los Angeles Times(Dec 26, 2016) And their most daring harmonic adventures—for example, the otherworldly modulations in the “Confiteor” of the B-Minor Mass—look ahead to Wagner, even to Schoenberg. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1n a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy Syn|Hyper dare challenge a call to engage in a contest or fight 2n the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper boldness, hardihood, hardiness timidity, timorousness fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities adventurousness, venturesomeness the trait of being adventurous daredevilry, daredeviltryboldness as manifested in rash and daredevil behavior audaciousness, audacity, temerityfearless daring brazenness, shamelessnessbehavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame fearlessness the trait of feeling no fear 3adj disposed to venture or take risks the most daring of contemporary fiction writers Syn audacious, venturesome, venturous adventuresome, adventurous willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises 4adj radically new or original Syn avant-garde original being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of |
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