plucky

英 [ˈplʌki]

美 [ˈplʌki]

adj.  勇敢的; 有胆量的; 刚毅的

最高级：pluckiest　

BNC.22714 / COCA.24306

牛津词典

adj.

• 勇敢的；有胆量的；刚毅的
  having a lot of courage and determination

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有勇气的；有胆量的
  If someone, for example a sick child, is described asplucky, it means that although they are weak, they face their difficulties with courage.
  1. The plucky schoolgirl amazed doctors by hanging on to life for nearly two months.
     这名勇敢的女生坚持不放弃生命近两个月的精神令医生感到震惊。

双语例句

• New Rules for the New Economy suggests that we might even learn something from those plucky life forms that exploded on the scene a half-billion years ago.
  《新经济之新规则》提示我们甚至该向在五亿年前那个时候急速增长的那些勇敢的生命形式学习。
• After all, how better to understand the roots and goals of a plucky Estonian start-up than conducting meetings in a sauna?
  毕竟，要了解一家勇敢的爱沙尼亚初创公司的根源和目标，还有什么比在桑拿浴室里开会更合适呢？
• It was very plucky of you to chase after the burglar like that.
  你真有勇气，敢那样追赶窃贼。
• Presenter Steve Leonard follows the fortunes of a plucky pack of African wild dogs for new series Incredible Journeys.
  提出者史蒂夫？伦纳德跟着运气走，随着一群勇敢的非洲野狗开始了新系列的难以置信的旅途。
• The very reputation of being strong-willed, plucky, and indefatigable is of priceless value.& Charles Robert Darwin
  意志坚强、胆量过人和不屈不挠的名声，乃是一种无价之宝。&达尔文
• And, of course, the beasts, spirits, demons and familiars themselves, a seemingly inexhaustible menagerie of companions and impediments for his plucky young heroes ( who are most often heroines).
  当然，那些野兽、神灵、怪物和常见的形象，如同一个无穷尽的小动物园，为他笔下年轻勇敢的英雄们（大部分是女英雄们）充当伙伴和敌人。
• The plucky teen, described by mainland media as "the poorest girl in the Sichuan earthquake," said Hong Kong was beautiful and she was happy about her first visit out of the mainland.
  这位勇敢的，被大陆媒体描述为“四川大地震中最令人可怜的女孩”说香港很美丽，而且她很高兴第一次在大陆以外的履行。
• SYDNEY ( Reuters)-A plucky Australian schoolboy who asked a former Miss Universe to his school dance, to be rebuffed, has finally had his dream date over lunch.
  一名勇敢的高中男生邀请前任环球小姐詹尼弗·霍金斯参加他的校园舞会但后来被拒绝了，不过他最终还是和霍金斯共进了午餐。
• Thomas that famous little blue tank engine hits retirement age this year, but the plucky, imaginary locomotive shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.
  知名动画角色&蓝色蒸汽小火车头托马斯今年到了退休的年龄了。但是这个虚构出来的勇敢的蒸汽火车头并没有任何放慢其全速前进的步伐。
• WALL-E, however, looks rusty and hard-working and plucky, and expresses his personality with body language and ( mostly) with the binocular-like video cameras that serve as his eyes.
  而瓦力锈迹斑斑、工作勤快、勇敢坚决，运用肢体语言以及更多通过双目并用的摄像头眼睛来表达情感。