英雄的作為與規格
這一族抓的是英雄「做什麼、有多大」——先是行為,再抽掉道德只留下尺寸。
very brave · adjective · C1
Extremely brave or determined when something is hard, and admired by many people for that.
英勇
One way to picture it: someone standing in front of something far bigger than themselves and not back — and others seeing it and telling the story afterwards.
From Old French heroïque and Latin hērōicus, ultimately Greek hērōs (hero) — literally hero + -ic. Its earliest use was literary ("about heroes"), and only later widened to describe people and scale.
經古法語 heroïque 與拉丁語 hērōicus 而來,源頭是希臘語的 hērōs(英雄),字面就是 hero + -ic。值得注意的是這個字最早的用途是文學上的——指「關於英雄的(詩)」,後來才擴大成形容人的品格與尺度,所以「史詩」那個意思其實是老的,不是後來的比喻。
Wiktionary: Middle French heroïque / Latin hērōicus, per the entry's attested origin
Two branches
英雄的作為與規格
這一族抓的是英雄「做什麼、有多大」——先是行為,再抽掉道德只留下尺寸。
very brave · adjective · C1
Extremely brave or determined when something is hard, and admired by many people for that.
英勇
關於英雄的作品
跟核心的關係是「同一個 hero,看的角度不同」:上面那族看英雄本人的作為,這一族看的是敘述英雄的作品。而且這其實是這個字最早的用法。
epic (story/poem) · adjective · C1
Describing a story, poem, or film that has a hero in it, usually from old legends.
史詩的
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
heroicadj/hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
Courageous; displaying heroism.
Of a size larger than life, but less than colossal.
heroicnoun/hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪk/
A heroic verse.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。