单词 | vigorous |
释义 | vig·or·ous 1. < a vigorous youth > < a vigorous plant > 2. < vigorous exertions > < a vigorous prosecution of a war > < a vigorous protest > 3. < took vigorous measures to stop the practice > < vigorous enforcement of the country's laws > Synonyms: < the vigorous mother of a large family > < his vigorous industry that produced so many full-bodied books before his death at forty-four — H.T.Moore > < a vigorous critic of materialism, complacency, and hazy thinking — Current Biography > energetic may apply to display of or capacity for great activity, sometimes bustling or ambitious < displayed a highly cultivated and energetic mind, full of impassioned schemes of liberty, and impatience of masculine usurpation — T.L.Peacock > < restless, energetic, impetuous, temperamental, and at times a little irascible — A.W.Long > strenuous suggests the constantly energetic; used of persons and their inclinations, it may indicate a pleasure in or preference for coping with the arduous or vigorous < if you want an incentive to act, if you want to live the strenuous life — Alfred Buchanan > < attribute the winning of the West principally to the strenuous virtues of Teutonic males — Howard M. Jones > < a strenuous and sometimes violently abusive opponent of every political movement that threatens to curtail her leisure — G.B.Shaw > lusty suggests a healthy vitality and exuberant energy, with a robust and unrestrained inclination for enjoyment < the native men and half a dozen lusty girls shouting and laughing as they put their backs into the work — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > < the lusty American spirit of active, vigorous living — Bud Wilson > nervous may suggests continuing activity, often forceful, arising from an energetic temperament < his rhythm has a pulsating and nervous vitality — Robert Collet > < the suppleness of youthful fingers, the nervous alertness of youthful brains, and the stamina of youthful bodies — American Guide Series: Michigan > < the nervous new civilization of the Texas cities — T.H.White b. 1915 > |
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