courage英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate. uncountable,usually

— A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening. uncountable,usually

— He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt.
The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal; moral fortitude. uncountable,usually

— “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.”

动词 v.

To encourage. obsolete

— And wete yow wel sayd kynge Arthur vnto Vrres syster I shalle begynne to handle hym and serche vnto my power not presumyng vpon me that I am soo worthy to hele youre sone by my dedes / but I wille courage other men of worshyp to doo as I wylle doo

词形变化

courages plural courages present,singular,third-person couraging participle,present couraged participle,past couraged past

词汇关系

近义词

audacity balls bield boldhead boldness bravehood braveness bravery courage courageousness daring fearlessness grit guts heart intrepidity intrepidness mood nerve ovaries pecker pluck spunk steel undauntedness valour

反义词

cowardice

衍生词

courageless courage of one's convictions courageous digital courage discourage Dutch courage encourage gather up one's courage liquid courage pluck up one's courage screw up one's courage take courage take one's courage in both hands

词源

词源 1

From Middle English corage, from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor (“heart”). Distantly related to cardiac (“of the heart”), which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Displaced Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“courage, valor”).

词源 2

From Middle English corage, from Old French corage (French courage), from Vulgar Latin *corāticum, from Latin cor (“heart”). Distantly related to cardiac (“of the heart”), which is from Greek, but from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Displaced Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“courage, valor”).