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gallantry

/gal-uhn-tree/US // ˈgæl ən tri //UK // (ˈɡæləntrɪ) //

勇气,英勇,勇敢,勇猛

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural gal·lant·ries.

    • : dashing courage; heroic bravery; noble-minded behavior.
    • : gallant or courtly attention to women.
    • : a gallant act, action, or speech.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbravery, civility

Examples

  • They ennobled their race by their gallantry on that desperate occasion.

  • Her grandfather was decorated for gallantry at Vimy Ridge and went on to found the Canadian armored corps.

  • Felix is a good man, but his instincts toward decency— an act of gallantry on the Tube—eventually prove fatal for him.

  • This gallantry surprised her ever so little, for a faint flush came into her cheek and the shadow of a smile into her eyes.

  • Gallantry is a weakness of the heart, or perhaps a constitutional defect; coquetry is an irregularity of the mind.

  • In the age wherein those poets lived, there was less of gallantry than in ours; neither did they keep the best company of theirs.

  • What with De Valmont's hollow gallantry and boasting of his own great deeds, he fell daily in the daughter's eyes.

  • Monsieur Guillot was indeed a man of gallantry, but he had the reputation of using these affairs to cloak his real purpose.