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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 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。
      • His bravado had gone now.
        他那种英雄气概全然不见了。
      • Some mad, defiant act of bravado.
        虚张声势的某种疯狂的、挑衅的行为。
      • I have confidence but not much bravado.
        我有自信,却不自大。
      • Take no notice of his threats they're sheer bravado.
        别理会他的威胁&完全是虚张声势。
      • 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。
      • The three would exchange stories of evading the Imperials, telling tall tales full of bravado and bluster.
        这三个人都喜欢在对方面前吹嘘自己如何躲避帝国的追捕,他们的故事里充满了虚张声势的情节。
      • 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。
      • Her little bravado made her feel as if she ought to make amends.
        她这样闹了一下之后,觉得自己似乎应该作些补偿。
      • 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。