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Willing to do dangerous things or go to dangerous places, without afraid. In old stories it is serious praise for explorers and soldiers. Though actually, in the English you will read now, it is very often a small joke. A paper might say “our intrepid reporter” when the person has only gone somewhere a bit uncomfortable. A friend might call you intrepid for trying a very spicy dish. The word feels a little old and a little big, so people borrow that bigness to tease. It can still be sincere — but hear the smile before you use it as a straight compliment.
無畏的(現在常帶幽默、調侃)
組成From French intrépide, from Latin intrepidus: in- (“not”) + trepidus (“anxious, nervous”), so “not nervous.”
同家族的字
- trepidationsame Latin trepidus “nervous”; trepidation is the nervous feeling that intrepid people seem not to have
原始詞典資料1 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。
intrepidadj/ɪnˈtɹɛpɪd/
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Fearless; bold; brave.
- Fewer than 70 years earlier, the intrepid James Cook in his ship Resolution had been the first explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.
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。