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Definition of intrepid in English: intrepidadjective ɪnˈtrɛpɪdɪnˈtrɛpəd Fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect) (常为修辞或幽默效果而用)勇猛的,勇敢的;无畏的;喜欢冒险的 我们的大无畏记者。 Example sentencesExamples - The pay and fringe benefits will be few, but at least intrepid plumbers and joiners will have tales to tell their grandchildren.
- There are several voicesets to choose from for your intrepid band of adventurers.
- These characters who survive adversity through their imaginations and intrepid spirit.
- Having cycled into work, the intrepid reporter decided he needed a shower.
- In all, the intrepid party of four men and two women will be swimming about 10 miles, walking and camping in between.
- The intrepid adventurer has only sailed once in his life, on a short trip around the Greek Islands 22 years ago.
- Slow service certainly does not appeal to this intrepid snacker.
- Look around and find a place to go chat with some other intrepid young adventurers.
- Luckily, we have some brave and intrepid reviewers who are willing to take a stand.
- An intrepid adventurer will persist all the way to the end of the line.
- Nothing was different except for a large mousehole shape gap in the bottom of the awning where the intrepid explorer had made his escape.
- The intrepid traveller also draws inspiration from the Tibetans themselves.
- These intrepid adventurers deserved to have their story told, and it is told well.
- A team of intrepid roller skaters aim to cover 1,500 miles across Europe in aid of a bone marrow charity.
- Maybe a councillor could take up my challenge with one of your intrepid reporters too.
- The intrepid devotee, who is half English and half Portugese, is based at the One in Christ convent in the Irish town of Cork.
- An intrepid group are set to take to the highways and byways of the county as part of a fundraising drive for cancer research.
- Do you think this theatre will still be here in another hundred years, asks our intrepid reporter?
- I see an intrepid adventurer plodding blindly through a world of booby traps, goblins, jesters and dragons.
- Company registration is just one part in the sorry obstacle course that has to be overcome by the intrepid investor.
Synonyms fearless, unafraid, undaunted, dauntless, undismayed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unblenching, unabashed, bold, daring, audacious, adventurous, dashing, heroic, dynamic, spirited, mettlesome, confident, indomitable brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, stout-hearted, lionhearted, stalwart, plucky informal gutsy, spunky, game, ballsy, go-ahead, have-a-go archaic doughty rare venturous
Derivativesnoun ɪntrɪˈpɪdɪtiˌɪntrəˈpɪdədi Yet maybe that eccentric, rootless Viking intrepidity would suit her hero more. Example sentencesExamples - Later, the Balkans provided a crisis of moral weight sufficient to rival those earlier times - especially for those writers and journalists, mostly on the center-left, who had the courage and intrepidity to go there.
- There are occasions, however, when we can hardly brook the intrepidity of intruders.
- His compassionate work arises from the noblest of philosophical traditions, the true spirit of which is distinctly Indian and invokes a detached intrepidity, celebrates joy in birth and life and accepts death with grace.
- As a pamphlet account of his execution published shortly after his death put it, Turpin ‘went off this stage with as much intrepidity and unconcern, as if he had been taking horse to go on a journey’.
adverb ɪnˈtrɛpɪdliɪnˈtrɛpədli More intrepidly, he challenged the planetary medical profession, which claimed that fat you ate became fat to hate - resulting in arteries that clogged and hearts that conked. Example sentencesExamples - We venture intrepidly among all manner of beautiful lacy bits and pieces, most of which I doubt would withstand more than one wash without disintegrating.
- The audience who does not know her works, were also surprised because she intrepidly presented something that previously was considered taboo or at least controversial.
- To this end she has begun persistently and intrepidly, balancing on the narrow window ledge, whilst knocking voraciously on the glass with her delicate little paw until someone does the honours and opens ‘her’ door!
- They were intrepidly Irish at a time when anti-Irish feeling was rife in London, a multicultural fusion of styles and influences.
OriginLate 17th century: from French intrépide or Latin intrepidus, from in- 'not' + trepidus 'alarmed'. tremendous from mid 17th century: Tremendous goes back to Latin tremere ‘to tremble’, and had the original sense of something that makes you tremble (Middle English). Trepidation (Late Middle English) and intrepid (late 17th century) are from the related trepidare ‘tremble’.
Definition of intrepid in US English: intrepidadjectiveɪnˈtrɛpədinˈtrepəd Fearless; adventurous (often used for rhetorical or humorous effect) (常为修辞或幽默效果而用)勇猛的,勇敢的;无畏的;喜欢冒险的 我们的大无畏记者。 Example sentencesExamples - Do you think this theatre will still be here in another hundred years, asks our intrepid reporter?
- There are several voicesets to choose from for your intrepid band of adventurers.
- Company registration is just one part in the sorry obstacle course that has to be overcome by the intrepid investor.
- Having cycled into work, the intrepid reporter decided he needed a shower.
- An intrepid adventurer will persist all the way to the end of the line.
- The intrepid devotee, who is half English and half Portugese, is based at the One in Christ convent in the Irish town of Cork.
- I see an intrepid adventurer plodding blindly through a world of booby traps, goblins, jesters and dragons.
- Maybe a councillor could take up my challenge with one of your intrepid reporters too.
- A team of intrepid roller skaters aim to cover 1,500 miles across Europe in aid of a bone marrow charity.
- Slow service certainly does not appeal to this intrepid snacker.
- An intrepid group are set to take to the highways and byways of the county as part of a fundraising drive for cancer research.
- In all, the intrepid party of four men and two women will be swimming about 10 miles, walking and camping in between.
- The pay and fringe benefits will be few, but at least intrepid plumbers and joiners will have tales to tell their grandchildren.
- These intrepid adventurers deserved to have their story told, and it is told well.
- Nothing was different except for a large mousehole shape gap in the bottom of the awning where the intrepid explorer had made his escape.
- The intrepid adventurer has only sailed once in his life, on a short trip around the Greek Islands 22 years ago.
- The intrepid traveller also draws inspiration from the Tibetans themselves.
- Look around and find a place to go chat with some other intrepid young adventurers.
- Luckily, we have some brave and intrepid reviewers who are willing to take a stand.
- These characters who survive adversity through their imaginations and intrepid spirit.
Synonyms fearless, unafraid, undaunted, dauntless, undismayed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unblenching, unabashed, bold, daring, audacious, adventurous, dashing, heroic, dynamic, spirited, mettlesome, confident, indomitable
OriginLate 17th century: from French intrépide or Latin intrepidus, from in- ‘not’ + trepidus ‘alarmed’. |