Heroic
[hɪ'rəʊɪk] or [hə'roɪk]
解释:
(adj.) having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; 'the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy'; 'heroic explorers' .
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity; 'heroic legends'; 'the heroic age' .
校对:马里恩--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.
(a.) Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.
(a.) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure.
海丝特编辑
同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Brave, valiant, courageous, intrepid, bold, daring, gallant, fearless, dauntless, noble, magnanimous.[2]. Epic.
巴顿整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Brave, undaunted, chivalrous, daring, romantic, gallant, fearless, courageous,intrepid, dauntless
ANT:Dastardly, cowardly, cravenly, poltroonish
手打:穆里尔
例句:
- I fear I must,' said Bob, with heroic firmness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Casaubon must have raised some heroic hallucination in her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Nor for heroic resignation either. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- At least it must be owned, that heroic virtue, being as unusual, is as little natural as the most brutal barbarity. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Often as not they disguise it under heroic phrases and still louder affirmation, just as most of us hide our cowardly submission to monotony under some word like duty, loyalty, conscience. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- I thought the tradesman looked heroic. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The noble lady's condition on these delightful occasions was one compounded of heroic endurance and heroic forgiveness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- But I was restrained, when I thought of the heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound up in mine. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- Did not the recollection of the heroic simplicity of the Homeric life nerve you up? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- She turned scarlet and was on the verge of crying, when she met Laurie's eyes, which would look merry in spite of his heroic efforts. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Emmy was not very happy after her heroic sacrifice. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Well, you are always heroic and transcendental, said Mr. Shelby, but I think you had better think before you undertake such a piece of Quixotism. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Well, he is a lofty man of genius, and admires the great and heroic in life and novels; and so had better take warning and go elsewhere. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Julia had lately got nearly to the bottom of her heroics with Cotton. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Nay, I continued, this fit of heroics to me is ridiculous. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Oh, he is indeed a most adorable heavenly creature, rejoined Amy, turning up her eyes in a fit of heroics. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
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