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Heroics are brave actions or brave-sounding words. The important part is how it feels in the mouth: people often say this when they think someone is trying to look impressive — doing too much, taking a silly risk, or making a speech about their own courage. “Spare me the heroics” means “stop the show”. It can still name real brave acts, especially in news, but many everyday sentences have that little smile or . It is a plural noun: we say heroics, not “a heroics”. The adjective for “like a hero” is heroic; this word is the name of the acts.
英雄式的舉動（口語裡常有「逞英雄、做給人看」的味道）
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
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。
heroicsnoun/hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪks/
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The actions of a hero.
- Hart, for one, will not remember the night for Lambert's heroics. Morrison, not closed down quickly enough, struck his shot well but England's No1 will be aghast at the way it struck his gloves then skidded off his knees and into the net.
- The original cottage was said to appear on a well-known painting, dating back to 1863, of the American pirate ship, the Alabama, leaving Table Bay. It was also believed to feature in the story of the heroic Wolraad Woltemade who, in 1773, lost his life and that of his horse after valiantly saving 14 shipwrecked persons. This was said to have taken place within sight and full view of the house. The second respondent called this historical link into question, averring that the house was probably not yet built in 1773 while Woltemade's heroics were believed to have taken place in the vicinity of the Salt River mouth, some 10 km away.
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medicinesciencesEmergency intervention to save a patient's life.
- Of if we have an elderly person who is unconscious and not responding, we discuss using heroics with the family, and they often say no heroics.
- Her daughters argue that no heroics should be used to prolong her life.
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datedExtravagant phrases; bombast.
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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。