valiant
valiant 英 [ˈvæliənt] 美 [ˈvæljənt]
adj. 英勇的，勇敢的 n. 勇士；勇敢的人
名词复数:valiants
- It was pretty courageous of the automaker Plymouth to name a car the "Valiant" in the 1960s and 70s because that term usually refers to a hero or describes a really determined, or valiant, effort that doesn't end well.
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- adj. 英勇的，勇敢的
- n. 勇士；勇敢的人
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1. A large reception was held in honor of the valiant explorers.
为勇敢的探险家们举行了一个盛大的招待会。
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2. The valiant Colonel Monteynard admired this barricade with a shudder.--"How that is built!" he said to a Representative.
勇敢的蒙特那上校对这座街垒赞美不已，他向一个代表说：“建筑得多么好！
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3. He was diagonised with a brain tumor at age two and he fought a valiant effort for about five years but ultimately he ?.
他在两岁时被诊断出脑部长有一个肿瘤,与病魔经过了,近五年的勇敢搏斗,他最终还是离开了人世。
- valiant (adj.) early 14c. (late 12c. in surnames), "brave, courageous, intrepid in danger," from Anglo-French vaylant, and Old French vaillant "stalwart, brave," present-participle adjective from valoir "be worthy," originally "be strong," from Latin valere "be strong, be well, be worth, have power, be able, be in health," from PIE root *wal- "to be strong." As a noun, "valiant person," from c. 1600. Related: Valiantly.
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