词汇精选：courageous的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
adj.
勇敢的，无畏的；有胆量的
例句：
He has a reputation for being courageous in his hometown.
他在家乡以勇敢闻名。
例句：
I'm in the full conviction that he is courageous.
我完全相信他很勇敢。
二、词义辨析：
bold,brave,courageous,daring,heroic,fearless
这些形容词均含有“勇敢的”之意。bold侧重指面对困难或危险时勇往直前，勇于进取的勇敢精神。brave含义广泛，指天生的勇敢，无所畏惧地面对困难与危险，侧重胆识与果断。courageous正式用词，侧重指在一切情况下都有胆量，无所畏惧，强调基于道德信念，经深思熟虑后所产生的勇敢。daring强调面临意外或危险时胆大心细，头脑冷静。褒义贬义均可用，贬义指胆大妄为。heroic正式用词，多指在战争或重大危险时，为他人为事业忘我献身的英雄气概。fearless语气肯定，侧重在危险时无所畏惧，毫无动摇。
三、参考例句：
It was a courageous decision.
那是一个勇敢的决定。
Courageous don't mean to fear nonentity.
有勇气并不表示恐惧不存在。
It chilled her usually courageous spirit.
这使她永不胆怯的心灵寒颤起来。
He has a reputation for being courageous in his hometown.
他在家乡以勇敢闻名。
This truth find expression in noble purpose and courageous action.
这一真理，表现在高贵的目标和勇敢的行动中。
The militants are courageous as well as strong.
这些激进分子既勇敢又强壮。
He was wrong, and courageous enough to admit it.
Courageous, staunch, true, he lived for his beliefs and now he died for them.
勇敢、坚定、忠实，他过去为自己的信念而生，今天为此而死。
He would be courageous calm and self assured, but neither pompous nor hypercritical.
他勇敢、冷静、自信，既不傲慢，也不虚伪。
He is such a courageous man that he does not fear death at all.
他是一个非常勇敢的人，一点也不怕死。
