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.
双语例句
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。
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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。
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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.
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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.
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5. Bob Doughty reads from the diary of Daniel Bursch.
