单词
valor
英 ['v?l?]
美
基本信息
- n. 英勇；勇猛（等于valour）
- n. (Valor)人名；(西)巴洛尔
GRE畅通词汇
助记提示
1、val- "be strong, have power" + -or.
中文词源
valor 英勇
来自PIE*wal,强健的，勇敢的，词源同value,valiant.
英文词源
- valor (n.)
- c. 1300, "value, worth," from Old French valor, valour "valor, moral worth, merit, courage, virtue" (12c.), from Late Latin valorem (nominative valor) "value, worth" (in Medieval Latin "strength, valor"), from stem of Latin valere "be strong, be worth" (see valiant). The meaning "courage" is first recorded 1580s, from Italian valore, from the same Late Latin word. (The Middle English word also had a sense of "worth or worthiness in respect of manly qualities").
双语例句
- 1. With characteristic rashness and valor, Peter plunged into the icy water.
- 以他惯有的冲动和勇气，彼得一头扎进了冰冷的水中。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Fortitude is distinct from valor.
- 坚韧不拔有别于勇猛。
来自辞典例句
- 3. The captain is always boasting of his military valor.
- 上尉老是自夸阵前之勇.
来自辞典例句
- 4. The king knighted the soldier for his valor.
- 国王因那位军人英勇而封他为爵士.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Frequently banality is the better parts of valor.
- 老生常谈往往比大胆打破常规更为人称道.
来自辞典例句
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