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bravado

英 [brəˈvɑːdəʊ]

美 [brəˈvɑːdoʊ]

n.  逞能; 逞强; (有时)虚张声势

复数:bravados 

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Collins.1 / BNC.19061 / COCA.13971

牛津词典

    noun

    • 逞能;逞强;(有时)虚张声势
      a confident way of behaving that is intended to impress people, sometimes as a way of hiding a lack of confidence
      1. an act of sheer bravado
        纯属逞能的举动

    柯林斯词典

    • N-UNCOUNT 虚张声势;逞能;逞强
      Bravadois an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
      1. 'You won't get away with this,' he said with unexpected bravado.
        “这事你休想就这么过去,”他以出人意料的强横语气说道。

    英英释义

    noun

    • a swaggering show of courage
        Synonym:bluster

      双语例句

      • Some mad, defiant act of bravado.
        虚张声势的某种疯狂的、挑衅的行为。
      • With a bit of bravado, the old gang hung out their new shingle: the Prediction Company.
        虽然带着那么一点虚张声势的味道,但这伙子旧匪还是把他们的新招牌给挂了出来:预测公司。
      • I hope I live long enough to see the end of the bravado crap.
        我希望我能活到看到这些虚张声势的东西终结的那天。
      • I do not say this in any spirit of bravado or belligerence.
        我说这句话并不是虚张声势,也不是穷兵黩武。
      • She took a lover, the first who offered, a man whom she did not love, out of bravado and with rage in her heart.
        她姘识了一个汉子,一个不相干、她不爱的人,那完全是出自心中的愤懑和存心要胡作非为。
      • His bravado had gone now.
        他那种英雄气概全然不见了。
      • Real confidence is the ability to switch between bravado and humility without worrying about appearing vulnerable.
        真正的自信是具有在冒险和谦卑之间游刃有余的能力而且从来不会担心自己受伤。
      • I liked to think of myself as a grown man, but consternation was eating away at my bravado like a starved piranha devouring its prey.
        我那时喜欢把自己看作是一个大人,但惊恐慌乱就像一条饥肠辘辘的食人鱼吞食猎物一般,渐渐攻破了我的虚张声势。
      • Bravado would be no more appropriate than fear.
        虚张声势的表现还不如恐惧呢。
      • In the past year as a flight surgeon here, I've become accustomed to the air of bravado, determination, courage, and fear as they head out of fight.
        自从去年作为一名航空军医来到这里,我已经习惯这种他们奔赴战斗的气氛&满是虚张声势、决心、勇气和恐惧的气氛。