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

• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• Plucky staff who work at the station are visited once a month by a postman who collects weather data, and a helicopter which delivers food, water and wood for the stove each autumn.
  胆大的气象站人员在这里工作，每个月会有邮差来收集气象数据，每年秋天会有直升机送来食物、水及生火的木材。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• A plucky lampooner of the administration.
  行政部门的一个有勇气的讽刺作家。
• 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。