c. 1300, "value, worth," from Old French valor, valour "valor, moral worth, merit, courage, virtue" (12c.), from Late Latin valorem (nominative valor) "value, worth" (in Medieval Latin "strength, valor"), from stem of Latin valere "be strong, be worth" (see valiant). The meaning "courage" is first recorded 1580s, from Italian valore, from the same Late Latin word. (The Middle English word also had a sense of "worth or worthiness in respect of manly qualities").
1. With characteristic rashness and valor, Peter plunged into the icy water.
以他惯有的冲动和勇气,彼得一头扎进了冰冷的水中。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Fortitude is distinct from valor.
坚韧不拔有别于勇猛。
来自辞典例句
3. The captain is always boasting of his military valor.
上尉老是自夸阵前之勇.
来自辞典例句
4. The king knighted the soldier for his valor.
国王因那位军人英勇而封他为爵士.
来自辞典例句
5. Frequently banality is the better parts of valor.
c. 1300, "value, worth," from Old French valor, valour "valor, moral worth, merit, courage, virtue" (12c.), from Late Latin valorem (nominative valor) "value, worth" (in Medieval Latin "strength, valor"), from stem of Latin valere "be strong, be worth" (see valiant). The meaning "courage" is first recorded 1580s, from Italian valore, from the same Late Latin word. (The Middle English word also had a sense of "worth or worthiness in respect of manly qualities").
双语例句
1. With characteristic rashness and valor, Peter plunged into the icy water.
以他惯有的冲动和勇气,彼得一头扎进了冰冷的水中。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Fortitude is distinct from valor.
坚韧不拔有别于勇猛。
来自辞典例句
3. The captain is always boasting of his military valor.
上尉老是自夸阵前之勇.
来自辞典例句
4. The king knighted the soldier for his valor.
国王因那位军人英勇而封他为爵士.
来自辞典例句
5. Frequently banality is the better parts of valor.