doughty

英['daʊtɪ] 美['daʊti]

反义词

doughty 勇敢强悍的

来自PIE*dheugh, 有用的，合适的，词源可能同dough.引申词义美德的，勇敢的。

doughty: doughty: [11] Doughty originally had the rather general sense ‘worthy, virtuous’ – ‘brave’ is a secondary specialization. It comes from late Old English dohtig, an unexplained variant of an earlier Old English dyhtig, which appears to have derived ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic *duhtiz ‘ability, capacity’. This in turn came from a verb *dugan ‘be able or strong’, which itself came into Old English and survived dialectally until the 19th century as dow ‘be able to do something’ or ‘thrive’.
doughty (adj.): Old English dohtig "competent, good, valiant," from dyhtig "strong," related to dugan "to be fit, be able, be strong," and influenced by its past participle, dohte.

All from Proto-Germanic *duhtiz- (cognates: Middle High German tühtec, German tüchtig, Middle Dutch duchtich), from PIE *dheugh- "to be fit, be of use, proper" (cognates: German Tugend "virtue," Greek teukhein "to make ready," Irish dual "becoming, fit," Russian dužij "strong, robust"). Rare after 17c.; in deliberately archaic or mock-heroic use since c. 1800. If it had survived, its modern form would be dighty.

1. His doughty campaigns for the underprivileged have earned him national respect.: 他为弱势群体奔走呼号，赢得了全国的尊敬。

2. Most of successful men have the characteristics of contumacy and doughty.: 绝大多数成功人士都有共同的特质：脾气倔强，性格刚强。

3. The doughty old man battled his illness with fierce determination.: 坚强的老人用巨大毅力与疾病作斗争.

4. Doughty beauty is an aesthetic category that has been advanced by Mr.: “刚美”是张玉能先生近几年提出的一个美学范畴.