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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

      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • You'll need a little kitchen bravado to try some of these, but you'll also need to be plagued with a healthy weakness for chocolate.
        你需要一个小厨房来随意的尝试这些东西,但是你也可被对巧克力的健康的弱点所烦扰。
      • I have confidence but not much bravado.
        我有自信,却不自大。
      • 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。
      • Bravado would be no more appropriate than fear.
        虚张声势的表现还不如恐惧呢。
      • 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。
      • 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。