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刚毅,坚毅,不屈不挠
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fortitude \For"ti*tude\, n. [L. fortitudo, fr. fortis strong.
See {Fort}.]
1. Power to resist attack; strength; firmness. [Obs.]
The fortitude of the place is best known to you.
--Shak.
2. That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person
to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear
pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or
despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness
in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring
trouble.
Extolling patience as the truest fortitude.
--Milton.
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other
virtues. --Locke.
Syn: Courage; resolution; resoluteness; endurance; bravery.
See {Courage}, and {Heroism}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
fortitude
n : strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with
courage