valor
英 ['v?l?]
美
- n. 英勇；勇猛（等于valour）
- n. (Valor)人名；(西)巴洛爾
GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
1、val- "be strong, have power" + -or.
中文詞源
valor 英勇
來自PIE*wal,強健的，勇敢的，詞源同value,valiant.
英文詞源
- 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").
雙語例句
- 1. With characteristic rashness and valor, Peter plunged into the icy water.
- 以他慣有的沖動和勇氣，彼得一頭扎進了冰冷的水中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Fortitude is distinct from valor.
- 堅韌不拔有別于勇猛。
來自辭典例句
- 3. The captain is always boasting of his military valor.
- 上尉老是自夸陣前之勇.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The king knighted the soldier for his valor.
- 國王因那位軍人英勇而封他為爵士.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Frequently banality is the better parts of valor.
- 老生常談往往比大膽打破常規(guī)更為人稱道.
來自辭典例句
