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(of a person )人 willing to do things that are difficult, dangerous or painful; not afraid synonym courageous勇敢的;無畏的 brave men and women 英勇無畏的男女 Be brave! 勇敢一些! I wasn't brave enough to tell her what I thought of her. 我當時沒有勇氣告訴她我對她的看法。 The whisky had made me brave. 威士忌給我壯了膽。 She has been incredibly brave. 她非常勇敢。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1He was as brave as a lion on the rugby field. 他在橄欖球場上像獅子一樣勇敢。 Can't some brave soul save her from this fate? 難道一些勇敢的靈魂不能把她從這種命運中拯救出來嗎?
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(of an action )行爲 requiring or showing courage 需要勇氣的;表現勇敢的 She took the brave decision to start her own business. 她做出了自己創業的勇敢決定。 She died after a brave fight against cancer. 她在同癌症進行了頑強的搏鬥之後死去了。 He felt homesick, but made a brave attempt to appear cheerful. 他很想家,但卻竭力表現得很高興。
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- brave new (sometimes ironic)
new in an impressive way 新穎的;嶄新的 a vision of a brave new Britain 令人歎爲觀止的新英國遠景
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’.
Idioms
(a) brave new world
a situation or society that changes in a way that is meant to improve people’s lives but is often a source of extra problems 美好的新世界(本欲改善人們的生活,實則帶來預料不到的問題) the brave new world of technology 科技進步的美好新世界 the architects' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete 建築師想象中的由嶄新混凝土建築構成的美好新世界
put on a brave face | put a brave face on something
to pretend that you feel confident and happy when you do not 強裝自信快樂;佯裝滿不在乎 I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I wasn’t worried. 我不得不裝出若無其事的樣子,在他面前盡量不露出愁容。 She put a brave face on her illness. 她勇敢地面對自己的疾病。