| 词汇 | bloody but unbowed |
| 释义 | Idiom bloody but unbowed Theme: DETERMINATION [one's head] showing signs of a struggle, but not bowed in defeat. (Fixed order.)Liz emerged from the struggle, her head bloody but unbowed.We are bloody but unbowed and will fight to the last. bloody but unbowedStill willing to continue despite stress or setbacks. The troops emerged from the brutal battle bloody but unbowed. We were bloody but unbowed after the board rejected our first proposal—we just resolved to make a better pitch next time. bloody but unbowedFig. showing signs of a struggle, but not defeated. (Originally referring to the head. From the poem Invictus by William Earnest Henley.) Liz emerged from the struggle, her head bloody but unbowed. We are bloody but unbowed and will fight to the last. bloody (or bloodied) but unbowedproud of what you have achieved despite having suffered great difficulties or losses.bloody but unbowedWounded or scarred, but not defeated. The term, expressing fierce defiance, comes from the Victorian poet William Ernest Henley’s most famous work, “Invictus:” “Under the bludgeonings of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.” |
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