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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

      • I believe this talk is a function more of ego and bravado than really trying to give a founder the best advice for building a sustainable, long term, profitable business.
        我认为这样的说法更多地只会让人感到自负,想逞能,对于打造一家能持久运转、长期盈利的企业而言并不是最好的建议。
      • But today, I was not here out of bravado.
        但今天,我今天没出虚张声势。
      • 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。
      • As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
        我补充一句,他有时表现得过分逞强。
      • It took Mourinho's wit, pragmatism, bravado and skill to make sense of the numbers and if Chelsea are prepared to take his significance lightly, they did not deserve him in the first place.
        穆里尼奥是用自己的智慧,实用主义,自信和技巧来使用这么多钱财的,如果切尔西小看了他的这个本事的话,那他们就不配拥有穆里尼奥了。
      • Anti-American bravado was always a sure way to excite a crowd and strike a pose of national virility.
        反美呼声一直是一种激发群众和显示民族气概的可靠方法。
      • His bravado had gone now.
        他那种英雄气概全然不见了。
      • Their behaviour was just sheer bravado.
        他们的行为完全是虚张声势。
      • He was first into the sea, and at once swam out with the bravado of justifying his self-given reputation.
        他第一个下海,立刻施展本领游了出去,要证明自己夸下的海口。
      • 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。