Brave

(noun.) people who are brave; 'the home of the free and the brave'.

(noun.) a North American Indian warrior.

(adj.) possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; 'Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring'- Herman Melville; 'a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain'- William Wordsworth; 'set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory' .

(adj.) brightly colored and showy; 'girls decked out in brave new dresses'; 'brave banners flying'; '`braw' is a Scottish word'; 'a dress a bit too gay for her years'; 'birds with gay plumage' .

手打:玛里琳

• Was he alone, that long night, whose brave, loving spirit was bearing up, in that old shed, against buffeting and brutal stripes? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The men engaged in the Mexican war were brave, and the officers of the regular army, from highest to lowest, were educated in their profession. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• She admired her husband, strong, brave, and victorious. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He was brave and conscientious, and commanded the respect of all who knew him. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Nothing in my powers or instinct placed me amongst this brave band. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• They have braved the storms and sieges of three thousand years, and have been shaken by many an earthquake, but still they stand. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• His mother had braved hardship in order to separate herself from it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Have I not braved public opinion, THERE, with my own private reasons for it? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I braved him to do his worst. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• If he braved the matter out, death would unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and unforeseen manner. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• There was no man braver than he, nor was there any who obeyed all orders of his superior in rank with more unquestioning alacrity. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I am braver than I was, because I have lost all; and he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I see some women braver than some men. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He was a brave, tough man; no braver in the world. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Helena, I thought you were braver. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Bravest and best of children, I thank Heaven that you are rewarded! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Thither will I go, were it only to show these proud Normans how little the fate of a son, who could defeat their bravest, can affect a Saxon. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And will not the bravest and wisest soul be least confused or deranged by any external influence? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The bravest man can do nothing against a burning mountain. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• She told him that she thought Major William was the best man in all the world--the gentlest and the kindest, the bravest and the humblest. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Under the clear rays of the Arizona moon lay Powell, his body fairly bristling with the hostile arrows of the braves. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• So frantic were their efforts to escape from the unseen thing behind me that one of the braves was hurled headlong from the cliff to the rocks below. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• No quarter is to be given to the English, on account of their cruelty to our braves on board the infamous pontoons. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Only hear him, how he braves it out! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

校对:鲁珀特