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brave

adjective
 
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(comparative braver, superlative bravest)
Idioms
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  1.  
     (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。
    Extra Examples
    • He was as brave as a lion on the rugby field. 在橄榄球场上，他像狮子一样勇敢。
    • Can't some brave soul save her from this fate?某个勇敢的灵魂不能将她从这种命运中拯救出来吗？
    Topics Personal qualitiesb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
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  2.  
     (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.她做出了勇敢的决定，开始了自己的事业。
    • 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。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    See full entry
  3. 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
    4. 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
  1. 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
  1. 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.她为自己的病勇敢面对。

brave

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they brave
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he / she / it braves
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past simple braved
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past participle braved
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-ing form braving
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  1. 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.消防员冒着大火营救了家人。
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’.

brave

noun
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  1. 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
  2. [countable] (old-fashioned) a Native American warrior美洲印第安武士
    3. Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French, from Italian bravo ‘bold’ or Spanish bravo ‘courageous, untamed, savage’, based on Latin barbarus from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’.