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The bravest mother

發佈時間: 2016/03/30

The bravest mother

台北四歲女童遭斬首命案,很多人連新聞也不敢細看。女童的母親卻勇敢(brave)面對社會大眾,不僅說出事件經過,更呼籲政府別再讓這種隨機殺人事件發生。

Brave是形容詞,解「勇敢的」。加個字尾,就可以變成名詞bravery(勇敢、勇氣)。

Brave其中兩常用的句式是:It is brave of someone(to do something)(某人做某事情是勇敢的)和be brave enough to do something(敢於做某事情)。例句:It is very brave of the mother to speak in front of the public right after her girl's death.(女童去世後,其母親隨即面對公眾說話,非常勇敢。)No one is brave enough to tell him the sad truth.(沒有人敢向他說出可悲的真相。)

Put on a brave face或者put a brave face on something也很常用,指人「強裝勇敢、硬着頭皮做某事情,心裏其實非常不安」。例句:I tried to put on a brave face and showed him that I wasn't worried about his illness.(我試圖裝作勇敢,讓他以為我不擔心他的病情。)You don't need to put a brave face on everything.(你不需要所有事情都硬着頭皮做。)

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