brave
adj
verb
noun
breɪv adj
1
the brave
a. dealing with danger, pain, or difficult situations with courage and confidence b. brave people 勇敢的人 plural 复数
brave soldiers
勇敢的士兵
her brave fight against cancer
她与癌症的勇敢斗争
it is brave of sb (to do sth)
It was brave of you to speak in front of all those people.
你很勇敢,能在这么多人面前说话。
Today we remember the brave who died in the last war.
今天我们要纪念在上一场战争中英勇牺牲的人。
2 very good 非常好的,极好的
Despite their captain’s brave performance, Arsenal lost 2-1.
尽管队长表现出色,阿森纳队还是以 1 比 2 告负。
brave effort/attempt
the brave efforts of the medical staff to save his life
医务人员为挽救他的生命所作的极大努力
3
put on a brave face/front
to pretend that you are happy when you are really very upset 强装欢笑
4
brave new world
a situation or a way of doing something that is new and exciting and meant to improve people’s lives 美好的新世界〔指旨在改善人们生活的美好新事物〕
the brave new world of digital television
有数字电视的美好新世界
She smiled bravely.
她坚强地笑了。
verb
5 to deal with a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant situation 勇敢地面对
I decided to take the train to work rather than brave the traffic.
我决定乘火车上班,不和拥挤的交通死拼。
brave the elements/weather etc (go out in bad weather) 不顾天气恶劣
More than 100 people braved the elements and attended the rally.
有一百多人不顾天气恶劣参加了集会。
6
brave it out
to deal bravely with something that is frightening or difficult 勇敢地应对
noun
7 a young fighting man from a Native American tribe 印第安武士