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

• He was what the British, wary of success, like most of all-a plucky loser.
  他还是英国人最喜欢的那个人，敬畏成功虽败犹勇。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Though defeated our team put up a plucky defense against their taller and huskier opponents.
  虽然战败，但是我们的队员依然勇敢地防御他们更高大，更强壮的敌手。
• 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。
• A plucky lampooner of the administration.
  行政部门的一个有勇气的讽刺作家。
• Twenty years ago, Rupert Murdoch was the champion of the plucky new entrant and railed against the big beasts of broadcasting trying to preserve the status quo to the detriment of consumers.
  20年前，鲁珀特默多克是胆气十足的市场新军的捍卫者，对试图维持现状、不惜牺牲消费者利益的广播业巨头进行了抨击。