True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
📚 名句词汇解析
从本句名言中提取的重要词汇，帮助你深度理解这句话
adj. 野蛮的;残忍的;不讲理的;无情的;
💡 brut=brute残暴的人 + al 如...的 → a. 野兽般的 ; 冷酷的
"With brutal honesty she told him she did not love him."
她冷酷地直接告诉他，她不爱他。
近义：barbarian, ruthless, savage, beastly, bestial, brutish
adj. 庸俗的，俚俗的，粗俗的;一般大众的，老百姓的;粗野的，下流的;
n. [古语]平民，百姓;
💡 vulg人民，人群+ar...的 → 大众的，粗俗的
"She found their laughter and noisy games coarse and rather vulgar."
她觉得他们的笑声和吵吵闹闹的游戏趣味低下，俗不可耐。
近义：proletariat, ruck, artless, lurid, pedestrian, rank
反义：highbrow, humanizing, learned, literate, schooled, refined
adj. 坚固的，坚牢的;坚定的，坚决的;严格的;确定的;
vt.& vi. 使坚固;使坚实;
n. 商号，商行;公司;企业;工作集体;
adv. 坚定地，稳固地;
vt. 使坚定，使牢固;
vi. 变坚实，变稳固;
💡 firm =firm,表示”坚定,坚固”
"The company has now amalgamated with another local firm."
这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。
近义：office, bureau, business, company, concern, corporation
反义：astable, astatic, precarious, unsettled, unsteady, wobbly
vt.& vi. 决定;决心;
vt. 使消释;使分解，使解体;（指委员会或集会）表决;消退（炎症等）;
vi. 下决定;分解;
n. 决意，决定;（会议等的）决议;
💡 re再+solve解决，溶解 → 解决
"a sincere attempt to resolve the problem"
解决这一问题的认真尝试
近义：set, settle, bridge, rule, decide, determine
反义：junk, reject, scrap, waive, discount, squash
adj. 真正的;真实的;忠实的;正确的;
adv. 真正地;确实地;正确地;正当地;
n. 真理，真实;正，准，精确;
vt. 摆正;决定（某物）的位置以使其平衡、平稳或水平;
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鲸鱼是鱼，对还是错？
近义：legitimate, original, authentic, real, sterling, truthful
反义：illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony
n. 勇气;胆量;魄力;肝胆;
💡 靠(c)我们的(our)年龄(age)鼓起 勇气
"courage in the face of adversity"
面对逆境的勇气
近义：heart, intrepidity, manhood, manliness, mettle, nerve
反义：intimidation, poltroonery, recreancy, spinelessness, timidity, unmanliness