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单词 heroics
释义
heroics
noun[plural]
mainlydisapproving
uk
/hɪˈrəʊ.ɪks/us
/hɪˈroʊ.ɪks/
dangerousorsillyactionsthat are only done to make otherpeopleadmireyou:
逞英雄的行为；哗众取宠的愚蠢行为
I was in nomoodfor heroics after myfallandskiedveryslowlydown themountainside.我摔倒之后再也没有心情逞英雄，而是慢慢滑雪下了山坡。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Doing things without fear or proper thought
  • bravado
  • carpe diem
  • daredevil
  • desperado
  • devil-may-care
  • hotheadedness
  • impetuous
  • impetuously
  • impetuousness
  • impulsive
  • like there is/was no tomorrowidiom
  • precipitate
  • precipitately
  • rashness
  • reckless
  • recklessly
  • tomorrow
  • trigger-happy
  • unafraid
  • with no thought forsomethingidiom
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(Definition ofheroicsfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

heroics| American Dictionary

heroics
plural noun
us
/hɪˈroʊ·ɪks/
unusualactionsorachievementsthat arefargreaterthan what isexpected:
Her heroics in the lastminuteof thegamegave theteama two-pointvictory.
(Definition ofheroicsfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofheroics

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In this way, the social arenas of sport and war act as paradigmatic signifiers for masculine behaviour characterised by optimal, age-appropriate performance-basedheroics.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theheroicssimply won't come off.
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Its practitioners may also be accused of ancestor worship and nostalgia, theheroicsof rescuing victims, or at least an undertheorized humanist individualism and naive representationalism.
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The pioneering statisticians of baseball were moralists, looking to create measures that would draw attention away from self-aggrandizingheroicsand reflect the essential virtues of a team sport.
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Despina thus assumes a crucial role in moderating theheroicsof the young lovers.
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What you want in this crisis is notheroicsand it is not logic.
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We had our moments and someheroicsat the end of the war, but this soon died.
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Some performheroics, but others are openly hostile.
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I think it is time we droppedheroicsand came down to facts.
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I know there are a great manyheroicsto which expression is given upon this matter.
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That is what is wanted now amongst us all, and not logic and notheroics.
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He would do far, far better to forget those falseheroicsand swim for it now before the ship sinks under him.
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When we look at the history books, we read a lot about men'sheroics.
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They will not believe in theseheroicsat all.
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The time has gone by for mockheroicsabout the cotton industry.
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