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📰 外刊例句

Yet while he might be loth to admit it, Mr Musk has become America’s most audacious corporate financier as well as its best-known entrepreneur. 然而,马斯克除了是美国最知名的企业家外,也成了最大胆敢为的金融家,虽然他可能不愿承认。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks
[形容词] 表现出愿意冒需要惊人胆量的风险的


💡 深入解读

Audacious 是一个小站(微信公众号:田间小站)先后在好书推荐 | 一本让你寒假弯道超车的单词书和译海纵横 | 虎年说“虎”中提到过的单词,该词源自拉丁语audacia(胆量、勇敢、勇气),16世纪40年代经法语audacieux(大胆的、勇敢的、果敢的)进入英语,也是用来表示“大胆的、敢于冒险的”,常作正式用语指表现出愿意冒需要惊人胆量的风险,或者愿意做令人震惊的事情,

比如:

He aspired to be their next leader. But his audacious plan to win the presidency was doomed to failure due to the widespread apathy among the electorate.他渴望成为他们的下一届领导人。但由于选民普遍态度冷淡,他为当选总统而制订的大胆计划注定要失败。

Doctor Staples performed an audacious operation last night.Audacious 这种敢于大胆冒险,往好了说可以用 audacious 引申指“大胆创新的”,多以独创性和热情活力为标志,比如:斯特普尔斯医生昨天夜里做了一场大胆创新的手术。

A swarm of audacious bandits encircled the motel.而往不好了说,则是到了16世纪90年代后开始发展出贬义表示“鲁莽的、放肆的”或者说“胆大妄为的、厚颜无耻的”,多指人藐视法律、宗教或礼仪,缺乏尊重,放肆冒犯他人,比如:一大群胆大妄为的歹徒围住了这个汽车旅馆。


📚 名著用例

Black's audacious escape from Azkaban two years ago has led to the widest manhunt ever conducted by the Ministry of Magic. 两年前布莱克胆大妄为地从阿兹卡班越狱逃跑,魔法部展开了前所未有的大范围搜捕。

— 出自《英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第五本《哈利·波特与凤凰社》( Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix )。》


🔍 同近义词

  • bold: (of a person, action, or idea) showing an ability to take risks; confident and courageous
  • plucky: having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties
  • intrepid: fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect)
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