| 单词 | brave |
| 释义 | brave I. 1. a. < a brave and respected man > b. < a brave defense > < a brave gesture > 2. < girls decked out in brave new dresses > < brave banners flying over the circus grounds > 3. < the business folded up despite its brave start > Synonyms: < the brave soldier goes to meet Death, and meets him without a shudder — Anthony Trollope > < he would send an explosion ship into the harbor … a brave crew would take her in at night, right up against the city, would light the fuses, and try to escape — C.S.Forester > courageous implies stout-hearted resolution in contemplating or facing danger < I am afraid … because I do not wish to die. But my spirit masters the trembling flesh and the qualms of the mind. I am more than brave. I am courageous — Jack London > < a man is courageous when he does things which others might fail to do owing to fear — Bertrand Russell > unafraid simply indicates lack of fright or fear < enjoy their homes unafraid of violent intrusion — Douglas MacArthur > < a young, daring, and creative people — a people unafraid of change — Archibald MacLeish > fearless may indicate lack of fear, or it may be more positive and suggest resolution < joyous we too launch out on trackless seas fearless for unknown shores — Walt Whitman > < he gives always the impression of fearless sincerity … one always feels that he is ready to say bluntly what every one else is afraid to say — T.S.Eliot > intrepid suggests either daring in meeting danger or fortitude in enduring it < with the intrepid woman who was his wife, and a few natives, he landed there, and set about building a house and clearing the scrub — W.S.Maugham > < the intrepid guardians of the place, hourly exposed to death, with famine worn, and suffering under many a perilous wound — William Wordsworth > valiant suggests resolute courage and fortitude < this valiant, steadfast people [of Yugoslavia], whose history for centuries has been a struggle for life — Sir Winston Churchill > valorous suggests illustrious bravery and sometimes has an archaic or romantic ring < the regiment itself is a proud one, with a valorous record — Infantry Journal > dauntless emphasizes determination, resolution, and fearlessness despite danger or difficulty < the dauntless English infantry were receiving and repelling the furious charges — W.M.Thackeray > < nothing appalled her dauntless soul — William Beckford > undaunted indicates continued courage and resolution after danger, hardship, or defeat < he watched them at the points of greatest danger falling under the shots from the scorpions, and others stepping undaunted into their places to fall in the same way — J.A.Froude > doughty combines the implications of formidable, sturdy, and brave, but may have an archaic or humorous suggestion < when Fisk reached the head of the stairs leading to the board room, the doughty president of the endangered railway knocked him down to the ground floor — C.A. & Mary Beard > < so doughty a warrior must break a lance — V.L.Parrington > bold may indicate a forward or defiant tendency to thrust oneself into difficult or dangerous situations < it was a bold man who dared to walk alone through hundreds of miles of lion-infested country with nothing but a spear in his hand to seek work and adventure — Stuart Cloete > < these fellows who attacked the inn tonight — bold, desperate blades, for sure — R.L.Stevenson > < he knew a fool and a tyrant in high places, and was bold to call them by their true names — V.L.Parrington > audacious implies spirited and sometimes reckless daring < the place where the fiery Ethan Allen first sketched his audacious move against Ticonderoga — Budd Schulberg > < hitherto no liberal statesman has been so audacious as to … lay profane hands on the divine right of nations to seek their own advantage at the cost of the rest — Thorstein Veblen > II. transitive verb 1. a. archaic b. < men of the merchant marine who braved enemy torpedoes — H.S.Truman > < women who … for his sake had braved all social censure — Oscar Wilde > 2. obsolete intransitive verb archaic Synonyms: see face III. 1. archaic 2. < none but the brave deserves the fair — John Dryden > specifically 3. archaic |
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