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intrepid

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈtrepɪd/
🔊/ɪnˈtrepɪd/
 (formal, often humorous)
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  1. very brave; not afraid of danger or difficulties勇敢的；无畏的 synonym fearless
    • Traders and missionaries often proved themselves to be intrepid explorers.商人和传教士经常证明自己是勇敢的探险者。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIntrepid is used with these nouns:
    • explorer
    • hero
    • reporter
    • …
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French intrépide or Latin intrepidus, from in- ‘not’ + trepidus ‘alarmed’.