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单词 stout-hearted
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Definition of stout-hearted in English:

stout-hearted

adjective
  • Courageous or determined.

    he was a stout-hearted, even an obstinate man
    we were both enthusiastic, resolute, and, in our unequal ways, stout-hearted
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lauren and I are stout-hearted individuals and, as you may remember, psychic twins.
    • The two teams continued to fight on and both sets of defences dug in deep and contested every ball with stout-hearted blocking, hooking and tackling.
    • Any sallies into Ballyhaunis territory by the St. Colman's lads were usually blunted by the bulwark of the stout-hearted Ballyhaunis defence whose confidence and commitment was never once dented on this occasion.
    • She was a wonderful woman, intelligent and stout-hearted.
    • The power of a whining drill to strike terror into the most stout-hearted Scot is a key reason why the country has one of the worst records on dental health in Europe.
    • Large crowds attended the funeral ceremonies on both days, a fitting and entirely deserved tribute to this stout-hearted gentleman.
    • With the value of the euro plummeting like a stone, not only stout-hearted defenders of sterling must have been wishing they could receive this assurance in writing.
    • When Hell-Cat Maggie screeched her battle cry and rushed biting and clawing into the midst of a mass of opposing gangsters, even the most stout-hearted blanched and fled.
    • The stout-hearted intensity of this company provided a conviction of its own.
    • Ekanayake was adjudged the Man of the Match for his stout-hearted effort.
    • In fairness, after again showing their customary and deeply worrying failure to put the opposition away, Galway dug deep to earn a replay against a busy and stout-hearted Dongal team.
    • Mascots are some of the most noble, dedicated, and stout-hearted performers.
    • Colonel Sakurai was a stout-hearted and straightforward man.
    • Italy's few stout-hearted collectors of emerging art, Giuseppe Panza most conspicuously, were inclined to favor the Americans.
    • Having said that, I think we really have to be stout-hearted.
    • First, I rounded up three stout-hearted companions.
    • A few minutes research in any supermarket is enough to alarm the most stout-hearted customer.
    • In Shakespeare, probity is the possession of stout-hearted simpletons, such as Florizel, Bassanio, and Duke Orsino.
    Synonyms
    brave, determined, full of determination, courageous, bold, plucky, spirited, valiant, valorous, gallant, fearless, undaunted, dauntless, doughty, unafraid, intrepid, manly, heroic, lionhearted
    stalwart, staunch, steadfast, firm, resolute, unfaltering, unswerving, unwavering, unflinching
    North American rock-ribbed
    informal gutsy, spunky

Derivatives

  • stout-heartedly

  • adverb
    • But she carried on staunchly, stout-heartedly, and cheerily, the type that keeps the English home-fires burning, and will continue to do so.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sometimes I know that I am to be punished for the villainy I have committed, and it would be only just for me to accept that stout-heartedly.
      • Most Mormons bore the hardships of the frontier stout-heartedly, even cheerfully.
      • In the past, many in America spent their money stout-heartedly thus, stimulating and cranking up the economy.
      • It must have been a strong creed which enabled him to endure cheerfully three winter months in front of Maan and to share out enough spirit among five hundred ordinary men to keep them stout-heartedly about him.
  • stout-heartedness

  • noun
    • According to one author, the Weisshorn required more than average stout-heartedness due to the airy and exposed summit ridge.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The January-February floods demonstrate the capacity of our people for resilience, stout-heartedness, imagination, innovation and planning, in responding to a national crisis.
      • The qualities he then displayed of stout-heartedness and independence he retained through his life and by his example he often infused them into those he had the opportunity of helping when in difficult circumstances.
      • God allows us thorns in the flesh so that we can be adorned with the graces of humility, perseverance in prayer, closeness to God, faith with expectation, stout-heartedness in the face of temptations, boldness before the face of God, and wisdom.
      • To do that for the sake of corporate stout-heartedness is, I think, the acme of what Aristotle meant by virtue.
 
 
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