英语词汇“brave”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

► brave

not afraid to do dangerous or difficult things. You use brave especially to describe people:

You have to be very brave to be a firefighter.

Be brave! This will only hurt for a moment.

► courageous

very brave, especially when you are fighting for something that you believe is right, or when you are fighting a disease. Courageous is more formal than brave and you can use it about people or actions:

Martin Luther King Jr. was a courageous leader who fought against injustice.

► heroic

a heroic action is very brave, and people admire the person who does it very much. You use heroic especially in situations when someone helps or saves another person even though there is a lot of danger:

His actions were truly heroic - he jumped into the water and rescued a drowning child.

► daring

willing to take a lot of risks or do difficult and dangerous things. You use daring especially with words like escape, rescue, and attack:

The soldiers made a daring raid on the enemy camp.

► bold

a bold action or plan shows that someone is willing to take risks and do something new and different:

With this new law the government has taken a bold step toward truly cutting harmful pollution.

➔ You can also use bold with the words leader or leadership to talk about someone in a powerful position who is not afraid to take risks to achieve things: We need a leader who is bold enough to try new solutions.

► fearless

not afraid of anything or anyone, especially not afraid of physical danger:

Tyler was a fearless climber who would go to the very top branches of a tree.

► valiant (formal)

a valiant effort, struggle, or fight is usually not successful, even though it is brave:

The firefighters made a valiant effort to rescue the people in the burning building.

单词	brave
例句	bravebrave /breɪv/ adjective ► brave not afraid to do dangerous or difficult things. You use brave especially to describe people: You have to be very brave to be a firefighter. Be brave! This will only hurt for a moment. ► courageous very brave, especially when you are fighting for something that you believe is right, or when you are fighting a disease. Courageous is more formal than brave and you can use it about people or actions: Martin Luther King Jr. was a courageous leader who fought against injustice. ► heroic a heroic action is very brave, and people admire the person who does it very much. You use heroic especially in situations when someone helps or saves another person even though there is a lot of danger: His actions were truly heroic - he jumped into the water and rescued a drowning child. ► daring willing to take a lot of risks or do difficult and dangerous things. You use daring especially with words like escape, rescue, and attack: The soldiers made a daring raid on the enemy camp. ► bold a bold action or plan shows that someone is willing to take risks and do something new and different: With this new law the government has taken a bold step toward truly cutting harmful pollution. ➔ You can also use bold with the words leader or leadership to talk about someone in a powerful position who is not afraid to take risks to achieve things: We need a leader who is bold enough to try new solutions. ► fearless not afraid of anything or anyone, especially not afraid of physical danger: Tyler was a fearless climber who would go to the very top branches of a tree. ► valiant (formal) a valiant effort, struggle, or fight is usually not successful, even though it is brave: The firefighters made a valiant effort to rescue the people in the burning building. ➔ see courage, Describing People’s CharacterADVERBS: braveYou can make the adjectives that mean brave into adverbs by using an -ly ending: He fought the fire bravely. \| She climbed fearlessly to the very top of the tree. \| Rosa Parks boldly and courageously refused to obey a law she thought was wrong.
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