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单词 valour
释义
valour
noun[U]
UKformal(USvalor)
uk
/ˈvæl.ər/us
/ˈvæl.ɚ/
greatcourage:
英勇，勇猛，勇敢
He waspromotedto therankofmajorinrecognitionof his valour during thebattle.他因作战英勇被晋升为少校。
Synonyms
bravery
courage
heroism
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
bravery
  • braveryA policeman who chased a burglar despite a serious leg injury has received an award for bravery.
  • courageYou have shown great courage in coming to testify.
  • pluckYou have to admire his pluck.
  • gutsI didn't have the guts to go on my own.
  • valourUKThe Victoria Cross is Britain's highest military award for valour.
  • heroismI witnessed an example of heroism that made me proud to be British.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bravery
  • audaciousness
  • audacity
  • backbone
  • balls
  • bell
  • bell the catidiom
  • bravery
  • courage
  • daring
  • derring-do
  • Dutch courage
  • fortitude
  • gallantry
  • grit
  • heroism
  • intestinal fortitude
  • liquid courage
  • nerve
  • spunk
  • valorous
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(Definition ofvalourfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvalour

valour
From a young age, boys were encouraged to cultivate the virtues of the warrior ethic, including stoicism,valour, and fortitude.
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For the idea that duelling arose from ' small things ' implied that the notions ofvalour, insult, and honour of the duelling theory were chimerical.
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Having attained the love of the lion, he performs his knightly duties in a way that underlines not his 'knightlyvalour', but his 'true service'.
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Having proved theirvalourbefore their plays begin, they demonstrate on the stage their inability to transpose martial or political prowess into the domestic sphere.
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They rejected the idea that a challenge constituted the best means of asserting one 'svalourand fortitude, and thus of maintaining one 's status as a gentleman.
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The difficulty of stopping duelling was compounded by the fact that ' to end a quarrell between two men of worth andvalour' by any other means was well-nigh impossible.
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Only by supreme skill andvalourhave these victories over the enemy been secured, and not always without loss.
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They served with fidelity and fought withvalourand conquered for you in every corner of the globe.
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Discretion is always the better part ofvalour; free will is better than coercion; and thou mayest is better than thou shalt.
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This war will not be won byvalouralone, but by superior administration and superior ability.
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The many awards for bravery given to soldiers and policemen are not only well-deserved rewards for individual acts ofvalour.
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They are amazed by their skill and theirvalour.
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Most of them were absent on the maxim that the chance of promotion is the better part ofvalour.
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We shall hear from him of the skill andvalour, the endurance and the heroism, that have brought about this great deliverance.
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It is a story, dreadful in many respects, but a story of incomparablevalourin the face of unprecedented difficulties.
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