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Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who led the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a network career remarkable for its duration and variety, has died. She was 93. 
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‘I don’t want to die proving I am Indian’
Hundreds of Muslim women are braving the Delhi winter to protest against a new Indian citizenship law.

David Eimer, a former South-East Asia correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, tries to capture this quicksilver place in “A Savage Dreamland”. He is an intrepid reporter, going to places where tourists, and many journalists, fear to tread

The new Mountainview, California, campus is designed by a London-based firm.

Google unveiled an audacious plan to redevelop its headquarters campus on Friday, proposing to convert a hodge-podge of non-descript office buildings into an enclave of signature tent-shaped glass-and-metal...
BLOGS.WSJ.COM|由 ALISTAIR BARR 上傳




The Democratic field of presidential contenders is, for all practical purposes, Hillary Clinton. Where are the Democrats in their avid middle years longing to play on a national stage, labouring now to lay the groundwork for a big run down the road? Why so little intrepid ambition among the Democrats? http://econ.st/171iJCU

St Andrew's Day marked with fluttering Saltires and Scottish scenery in colourful Google Doodle



The middle part of the search engine's logo has been replaced with a Scottish scene showing a loch, a fisherman and various landmark structures

Despite spending weeks to resolve a massive Internet security breach, Sony Chief Howard Stringer said he can't guarantee the security of its videogame network or any other Web system in the "bad new world" of cyber-crime.





Living Planet | 12.02.2009 | 04:30

Cyclists Continue to Spotlight Climate Change

Two German cyclists are nearing the end of their year-long trip through 12 African countries. Along the way they've covered over 7,000 kilometers and planted hundreds of trees.

Living Planet has been following the adventures of Ragna Schmidt-Haupt and Amiram Roth-Deblon over the past 10 months as they cycle across Africa to bring awareness to climate change. The two Germans are cycling across 12 African countries. They are around two months short of finishing their trip and are currently making their way through Namibia.
Their campaign is called "Cycle Generation- Feel Africa", and is supported by the United Nations Environment Program as well as by the World Future Council. Living Planet caught up with the two intrepid cyclists as they arrived in the Namibian capital Windhoek.
Interview: Mark Mattox

An Intrepid Surfer          
An Intrepid Surfer




quicksilver
/ˈkwɪkˌsɪlvə/
noun
  1. the liquid metal mercury.
    • moving or changing rapidly and unpredictably.
      modifier nounquicksilver
      "his quicksilver wit"

nondescriptLine breaks: non|de¦script
Pronunciation: /ˈnɒndɪskrɪpt/Definition of nondescript in English:

adjective

Lacking distinctive or interesting features orcharacteristics:she lived in a nondescript suburban apartment block

loch

Pronunciation: /lɒk, lɒx/
Translate loch | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
noun

Scottish
  • a lake: Loch Lomond
  • (also sea loch) an arm of the sea, especially when narrow or partially landlocked.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic

brave new world
n.
A world or realm of radically transformed existence, especially one in which technological progress has both positive and negative results.

[After Brave New World, title of a novel by Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).] 出自莎士比亞 暴風雨




German industry puts on a brave face

Manufacturers and technical developers are optimistic that German industry
is on the path to economic recovery.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew4m4oI44va89pI1


The Vision of Architect Zaha Hadid
Werner Huthmacher
BMW Plant Central Building, Leipzig, Germany, 2005
One of Hadid's most audacious projects was a building that acts as a gateway and office center linking three production buildings at a BMW factory complex. The exterior is another of her fields of bracing diagonals, but the real surprises begin inside.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1985954_2131982,00.html#ixzz0mdYd11MD



brave new adjective [before noun]
used to refer to something new, especially to suggest that there is some doubt that it can be good or successful:
They introduced customers to the brave new world of telephone banking.

brave new world顯示/隱藏例句 

n.
A world or realm of radically transformed existence, especially one in which technological progress has both positive and negative results.
[After Brave New World, title of a novel by Aldous Huxley (1894–1963).]
  1. 美好新世界
  2. 他們理所當然地認為戰後必將迎來一個美好的新世界。




brave
 (WITHOUT FEAR)
adjective
showing no fear of dangerous or difficult things:
a brave soldier
It was a brave decision to quit her job and start her own business.
She was very brave to learn to ski at fifty.
Of the three organizations criticized, only one was brave enough to face the press.
Richards has made a brave attempt to answer his critics.

This action will cause problems, despite the bank's brave talk/words about carrying on as if nothing had happened.

brave Phonetic
verb [T]
to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation:
Shall we brave the snow and go for a walk (= go for a walk although it is snowing)?
LITERARY She braved the wrath of her parents by refusing to marry the man they had chosen. New Year's parties to be held all around Taiwan
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- An estimated one million people will brave the cold temperatures to attend the New Year's Eve parties organized by various local municipal ...



element (SIMPLE SUBSTANCE) Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a simple substance which cannot be reduced to smaller chemical parts:
Aluminium is an element.

2 OLD USE earth, air, fire and water from which people believed everything else was made
Brave the elements 就是不管天氣多惡劣

bravely Phoneticadverb
She faced the consequences bravely.

bravery Phoneticics
noun [U]
They were awarded medals for their bravery.


━━ a. 勇敢な; 〔古〕 はでな.
━━ n. 勇士; 北米インディアンの戦士.
━━ vt. あえてする.
 brave・ly ━━ ad.
 brav・er・y ━━ n. 勇敢(さ); (外見の)はなやかさ.


KK: []
DJ: []
a. (形容詞 adjective)
  1. 勇敢的,英勇的[R]
  2. 他勇猛如雄獅。
  3. 華麗的,壯觀的
  4. 【舊】美好的[B]
n. (名詞 noun)
  1. 勇士;(北美印第安人的)武士[C]
vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
  1. 勇敢地面對
  2. 他們冒著暴風雨搶救羊群。
  3. 不把...放在眼裡;敢於冒犯
  4. 他不顧父母親的不悅,娶了那女孩。


brave

adj., brav·er, brav·est.
  1. Possessing or displaying courage; valiant.
  2. Making a fine display; impressive or showy: "a coat of brave red lipstick on a mouth so wrinkled that it didn't even have a clear outline" (Anne Tyler).
  3. Excellent; great: "The Romans were like brothers/In the brave days of old" (Thomas Macaulay).
n.
  1. A Native American warrior.
  2. A courageous person.
  3. Archaic. A bully.

v., braved, brav·ing, braves. v.tr.
  1. To undergo or face courageously.
  2. To challenge; dare: "Together they would brave Satan and all his legions" (Emily Brontë).
  3. Obsolete. To make showy or splendid.
v.intr. Archaic
To make a courageous show or put up a stalwart front.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Old Italian or Old Spanish bravo, wild, brave, excellent, probably from Vulgar Latin *brabus, from Latin barbarus. See barbarous.]
bravely brave'ly adv.
braveness brave'ness n.
SYNONYMS brave, courageous, fearless, intrepid, bold, audacious, valiant, valorous, mettlesome, plucky, dauntless, undaunted. These adjectives mean having or showing courage under difficult or dangerous conditions. Brave, the least specific, is frequently associated with an innate quality: "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver" (Herman Melville). Courageous implies consciously rising to a specific test by drawing on a reserve of inner strength: The courageous soldier helped the civilians escape from the enemy. Fearless emphasizes absence of fear and resolute self-possession: "world-class [boating] races for fearless loners willing to face the distinct possibility of being run down, dismasted, capsized, attacked by whales" (Jo Ann Morse Ridley). Intrepid sometimes suggests invulnerability to fear: Intrepid pioneers settled the American West. Bold stresses readiness to meet danger or difficulty and often a tendency to seek it out: "If we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at the hazard of their lives ... then bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by" (Theodore Roosevelt). Audacious implies extreme confidence and boldness: "To demand these God-given rights is to seek black power-what I call audacious power" (Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.). Valiant suggests the bravery of a hero or a heroine: "a sympathetic and detailed biography that sees Hemingway as a valiant and moral man" (New York Times). Valorous applies to the deeds of heroes and heroines: "The other hostages [will] never forget her calm, confident, valorous work" (William W. Bradley). Mettlesome stresses spirit and love of challenge: "her horse, whose mettlesome spirit required a better rider" (Henry Fielding). Plucky emphasizes spirit and heart in the face of unfavorable odds: "Everybody was ... anxious to show these Belgians what England thought of their plucky little country" (H.G. Wells). Dauntless refers to courage that resists subjection or intimidation: "So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war,/There never was knight like the young Lochinvar" (Sir Walter Scott). Undaunted suggests persistent courage and resolve: "Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey-=@ellipsis4=- We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible" (Winston S. Churchill). See also synonyms at defy.






intrepid
brave, nervy
antonyms: cowardly, fearful, meek, timid (© Answers Corporation)
Usage: The intrepid hero moved forward in the dark alley, expecting someone to strike out at him from every doorway.



intrepid

adjective
extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations:
a team of intrepid explorers



intrepidLine breaks: in|trepid
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtrɛpɪd/



Definition of intrepid in English:

ADJECTIVE

Fearlessadventurous (often used for rhetorical orhumorous effect):our intrepid reporter
Origin
late 17th century: from French intrépide or Latinintrepidus, from in- 'not' + trepidus 'alarmed'.
Derivatives



intrepidity

1

Pronunciation: /-trɪˈpɪdɪti/
NOUN

intrepidly

2
ADVERB

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