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(of a person 人 willing to do things that are difficult, dangerous or painful; not afraid 勇敢的；无畏的 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 ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb1He 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？
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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。
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- 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
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
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。