brave

adjective

/breɪv/

(comparative braver, superlative bravest)

Idioms

(of a person人) willing to do things that are difficult, dangerous or painful; not afraid勇敢的；无畏的 synonym courageous
- brave men and women英勇无畏的男女
- Be brave!勇敢一些！
- I wasn't brave enough to tell her what I thought of her.我当时没有勇气告诉她我对她的看法。
- The whisky had made me brave.威士忌给我壮了胆。
- She has been incredibly brave. 她非常勇敢。
- He was as brave as a lion on the rugby field. 他在橄榄球场上像狮子一样勇敢。
- Can't some brave soul save her from this fate?难道一些勇敢的灵魂不能把她从这种命运中拯救出来吗？
Topics Personal qualitiesb1
Collocations Dictionary
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- feel
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adverb
- extremely
- fairly
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(of an action行为) requiring or showing courage需要勇气的；表现勇敢的
- She took the brave decision to start her own business.她做出了自己创业的勇敢决定。
- She died after a brave fight against cancer.她在同癌症进行了顽强的搏斗之后死去了。
- He felt homesick, but made a brave attempt to appear cheerful.他很想家，但却竭力表现得很高兴。
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
- seem
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
brave new (sometimes ironic) new in an impressive way新颖的；崭新的
- a vision of a brave new Britain令人叹为观止的新英国远景

词源late 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（本欲改善人们的生活，实则带来预料不到的问题）
- the brave new world of technology科技进步的美好新世界
- the architects' vision of a brave new world of pristine concrete建筑师想象中的由崭新混凝土建筑构成的美好新世界

put on a brave face | put a brave face on something

to pretend that you feel confident and happy when you do not强装自信快乐；佯装满不在乎
- I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I wasn’t worried.我不得不装出若无其事的样子，在他面前尽量不露出愁容。
- She put a brave face on her illness.她勇敢地面对自己的疾病。

brave

verb

/breɪv/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they brave	/breɪv/ /breɪv/
he / she / it braves	/breɪvz/ /breɪvz/
past simple braved	/breɪvd/ /breɪvd/
past participle braved	/breɪvd/ /breɪvd/
-ing form braving	/ˈbreɪvɪŋ/ /ˈbreɪvɪŋ/

brave somebody/something to have to deal with somebody/something difficult or unpleasant in order to achieve something勇敢面对；冒（风险）；经受（困难）
- He did not feel up to braving the journalists at the airport.他怯于在机场直接面对记者。
- Over a thousand people braved the elements (= went outside in spite of the bad weather) to attend the march.一千多人不顾天气恶劣参加了游行。
- The firemen braved the flames to rescue the family.消防队员冒着火焰营救这家人。
词源late 15th cent.: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’.

brave

noun

/breɪv/

the brave
[plural] people who are brave勇敢的人
- America, the land of the free and the home of the brave美国，自由者的土地、勇士的家园
[countable] (old-fashioned) a Native American warrior美洲印第安武士

词源late 15th cent.: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’.

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