英:['əʊvə'bəʊld]
美:['oʊvə'boʊld]
英:['əʊvə'bəʊld]
美:['oʊvə'boʊld]
adjective
excessively bold: such as
having or showing an undue lack of fear or caution : rash, foolhardy Advanced canoeists call overbold beginners "turkeys," and there usually are flocks of them out in rented canoes on waters where they don't belong.—Gail Bradshaw
an overbold assertion/plan
excessively presumptuous or impudent He was, perhaps, overbold in daring his bosses to punish him …—Kevin Cook
… beldams as you are, / Saucy and overbold …—William Shakespeare
excessively prominent or conspicuous
It styles itself as a boutique hotel, but the decor is fairly old-fashioned, with patterned carpets and overbold wallpapers.—Nick Trend
The first known use of overbold was in the 15th century
1 Blame me not if I be overbold for it is thy beauty, and if I be too forward it is fancy, and the deep insight into thy virtues that makes me thus fond.
2 Then she owns to a little more,—what a madcap the goblin is, sometimes even overbold.
3 one overbold tourist almost tumbled over the rocks and into the sea
4 Apparently the remark pleased him, as he was very gracious when I took my leave, though the officers-in-waiting looked at me as if I had been overbold.
5 "We meet today for the second time,--surely your estimate of the character of a stranger is overbold."
6 We were none of us overbold; our faith was not strong enough to run the risk of spoiling the illusion.
7 She had very handsome dark eyes, though perhaps overbold at times, but her lips were thick and her nose was flattened as if generations of yashmak-wearing women had crushed every hope of contour.
8 P: The eye turned not aside nor yet was overbold.
9 Is the apostle overbold in that he dares thus to assail the Law and say: "The Law is not only a lifeless letter, but qualified merely to kill"?
10 Then Ingibiorg arose and said: "Why art thou so overbold, Frithiof, that thou art come here without the leave of my brethren to make the gods angry with thee?"
11 I may be overbold," she half whispered, lightly touching his arm, "but I cannot help feeling that I have a right to know your troubles.
12 Can we wonder that the intoxication of success in hasty assimilation should make him overbold, and that he should try to grasp—but a full account of the insolent Globe-trotter must be reserved.
13 Helen, deeming him overbold, sought to 'squelch' him with a look.
14 I have felt timid and even overbold at different moments in my life, but never so audacious as on entering a factory door marked in gilt letters: "Women Employees."
15 Entangled in the toils of Fate Those sinners, proud and obstinate, Are, in their fury overbold, No match for Ráma mighty-souled.
16 Soon thereafter, in the course of the shoot, Huston began to doubt elements of the story, but, in his overbold confidence, hoped to find fixes that wouldn’t cost much or take much effort.
17 Frequently a citizen became overbold and visited his old haunts instead of remaining safely, even if monotonously, at home.
18 For the rest two great practical measures which involved no overbold challenge to State Sovereignty were wisely planned to buttress the Union and render it permanent.
19 He wondered whether showing their faces in public made Christian women overbold.
20 I spoke subtle circles around the way I felt, not wanting to be overbold.
2 莽撞
obtrusive pert gung-ho rough-and-tumble unreflective boldfaced temerarious slap-bang indiscretionary recklessly rashly impertinently rudeness rashness unwisdom obtrusion impertinency maladdress
4 鲁莽的
rackle further-some forward wild blind mad rash foolish hardy reckless heady audacious perky ill-advised precipitous impetuous madcap hot-headed impertinent venturesome venturous unadvised temerarious blindfold harum-scarum hipshooting bold flashy abrupt daft unwise foolhardy banzai incautious slam-bang slapdash bullheaded slap-bang Icarian
5 冒失
harum-scarum daredevil forward fresh gay bold sassy saucy PERT madcap imprudent blithe bold-faced
6 过于大胆的
7 厚颜无耻
fresh calm audacious crusted impudent bold-faced bald-faced unblushing freshly front neck gut gall hardiness impudence chutzpa effrontery impudicity have a lot of neck
8 莽撞的
obtrusive pert gung-ho rough-and-tumble unreflective boldfaced temerarious slap-bang indiscretionary
9 冒失的
forward audacious perky PERT impudent malapert temerarious harum-scarum daredevil fresh gay bold sassy saucy madcap imprudent blithe bold-faced
10 厚脸皮
brazen-faced overfree cool gay cheeky brazen brassy thick-skinned frontless brassbound face front hide ass brass assurance cheek crust impudence chutzpa blush like a black dog
11 鲁莽
rackle further-some forward wild blind mad rash foolish hardy reckless heady audacity audacious headlong perky ill-advised precipitous impetuous madcap hot-headed impertinent pell-mell venturesome venturous unadvised temerarious forwardly baldheaded bounce precipitation daredevil temerity impertinence imprudence forwardness slapdash blindfold harum-scarum hipshooting bold flashy abrupt daft unwise foolhardy banzai incautious slam-bang bullheaded slap-bang Icarian headfirst madly hardiness indiscretion like a bull at a gate