Boldness
['boldnɪs]
解释:
(noun.) the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly.
(noun.) impudent aggressiveness; 'I couldn't believe her boldness'; 'he had the effrontery to question my honesty'.
(noun.) the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; 'the proposal required great boldness'; 'the plan required great hardiness of heart'.
伯纳德录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The state or quality of being bold.
录入:伦纳德
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Fearlessness, dauntlessness, intrepidity, courage, BRAVERY, valor, audacity, daring, pluck, heroism, hardihood, SPUNK.[2]. Confidence, assurance, confident mien, freedom from bashfulness.[3]. Impudence, insolence, sauciness, rudeness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption, brass, face, front, CHEEK.[4]. Prominence, striking character or quality.[5]. Steepness, abruptness.
整理:朱莉安娜
例句:
- Numerous offences had been committed in the neighbourhood; the perpetrators remained undiscovered, and their boldness increased. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He was never ostracized--his prestige with the quieter citizens saved him from that; but he was attacked with increasing boldness and steadfastness. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- There is something in boldness and determination that for a time hushes even the rudest nature. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- By very skilful manoeuvres and boldness of attack he completely routed the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- It was the very boldness of the plan which rendered it successful. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- I passed over the manner in which she gave her message, and the dreadful boldness of her look. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- But, Louisa looked at her father with more boldness than Thomas did. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- That perhaps, I went on, you will excuse my boldness on that account. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Fortune commonly favours the bold and enterprizing; and nothing inspires us with more boldness than a good opinion of ourselves. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Edison's boldness and breadth of conception are well illustrated in his idea of a poured house, in which he displays his accustomed tendency to reverse accepted methods. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- To inquire what he might have done, if he had had any boldness, would be like inquiring what a mongrel cur might do, if it had the spirit of a tiger. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- She did it with a look of hesitation and bashfulness, quite unlike the eldrich boldness and brightness which was usual with her. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The very boldness of his language gave him weight; each knew that he spoke truth--a truth known, but not acknowledged. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- My darling Walter, she said, must we really account for our boldness in coming here? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The guests had been selected with a boldness and discrimination in which the initiated recognised the firm hand of Catherine the Great. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
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