bravado
英 [brəˈvɑːdəʊ]
美 [brəˈvɑːdoʊ]
n. 逞能; 逞强; (有时)虚张声势
复数：bravados
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- an act of sheer bravado
纯属逞能的举动
- an act of sheer bravado
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.- '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。
- 'You won't get away with this,' he said with unexpected bravado.
英英释义
noun
- a swaggering show of courage
双语例句
- 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。 - Their behaviour was just sheer bravado.
他们的行为完全是虚张声势。 - 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。 - Buying all those shares was just an act of bravado.
买下所有那些股票只是一个虚张声势的举动。 - The soldiers cloaked their fear with joking and bravado.
士兵们藉开玩笑和夸口来掩饰其恐惧。 - 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。 - 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。 - However, she is still childlike, while all her cunningness is no more than bravado.
但是实质上她还是保有孩子气，她的复杂只是一种虚张声势。 - 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。 - His bravado had gone now.
他那种英雄气概全然不见了。