Courage

Definition

courage /'kʌrÇdʒ/ n [U] ( approv ) ရဲရင့္ျခင္း။ သတၱိ။ He showed great courage and determination in battle. ❍ I want to ask for more money but I haven't yet plucked up/ summoned (up) enough courage to do it. ❍ moral courage ကိုယ္က်င့္သတၱိ။ ❍ She didn't have the courage to refuse. See also DUTCH COURAGE ❏ courageous /kǝ'reÇdʒǝs/ adj သတၱိရိွေသာ။ ရဲဝံ့ေသာ။ a courageous action/ decision ❍ These women are resourceful and courageous. ❏ courageously adv သတၱိရိွရိွ။ ရဲရဲဝံ့ဝံ့။ He has spoken out courageously on several occasions. ❏ have/ lack the courage of one's convictions [ IDM ] ယံုၾကည္ခ်က္အတိုင္း ေျပာရဲလုပ္ရဲသည္/ မေျပာရဲမလုပ္ရဲ။ ❏ take courage (from sth) [ IDM ] ရဲေဆးတင္သည္။ ❏ take one's courage in both hands [ IDM ] မရဲဘဲ ကြၽဲ ၿပဲစီးသည္။

Examples

1. She has shown immense courage in opposing a corrupt and violent regime.
2. [have the courage to do something] : I didn’t have the courage to admit I was wrong.
3. [pluck up/summon up (the) courage] : Eventually I plucked up the courage and made an appointment with the doctor.
4. [it takes courage to do something] : It took a great deal of courage to leave her friends.
5. He had faced his illness with great courage.