emboldened

英 [ɪmˈbəʊldənd]

美 [ɪmˈboʊldənd]

v.  使增加勇气; 使更有胆量; 使更有信心; 将(文本)变成粗体
embolden的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：emboldened　过去式：emboldened　

COCA.32713

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使有胆量;使有信心;鼓励
  If youare emboldened bysomething, it makes you feel confident enough to behave in a particular way.
  1. The Prime Minister was steadily emboldened by the discovery that he faced no opposition...
     发现自己并未遭到反对，首相渐渐有了信心。
  2. Four days of non-stop demonstrations have emboldened the anti-government protesters.
     持续4天不间断的示威使反政府抗议者士气高涨。

英英释义

adj

• made bold or courageous

双语例句

• Wonderful civility this! It emboldened me to ask a question.
  多么彬彬有礼啊！于是我大着胆子问了个问题。
• The violence has frightened some people but emboldened others.
  暴力活动震慑了一些人，但也激励了一些人。
• Mr Obama may be emboldened by his solid victory& he does not need the support of religious conservatives to govern.
  奥巴马可能受到坚实的胜利鼓励而不需要宗教保守派的支持来施政。
• This emboldened Mr Greenberg and a group of investors led by the billionaire Eli Broad to attack AIG's management and demand boardroom changes.
  这让格林伯格和一群以亿万富翁艾利•布洛德（EliBroad）为首的投资者壮起了胆攻击美国国际集团的管理层，并要求改革董事会。
• But some analysts said the move by China and India could be a serious problem if it emboldened airlines from other countries to refuse to comply as well.
  不过有分析人士支出，中国和印度的做法可能成为严重的问题，因为这可能鼓励其他国家的航空公司拒绝遵守规定。
• Emboldened by this success, he had begged a further favour.
  这次的成功壮了他的胆，所以他便提出了进一步的请求。
• Mr Rabbani's murder has emboldened critics of Mr Karzai's peace policy.
  拉巴尼之死使那些反对卡尔扎伊和平政策的评论家更有话可说。
• The government is becoming weak enough for the media to feel emboldened.
  政府正在变弱，因此媒体的胆子也大了起来。
• An emboldened Giggs duly knocked on the manager's door.
  傻乎乎的吉格斯真的去敲了老板的门。
• Their encouragement emboldened him to accept the challenge.
  他们的鼓励使他鼓起勇气接受挑战。