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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

      • 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。
      • 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。
      • But he was the first to face it with such bravado.
        可是他却是第一个作得这样有声有色。
      • 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 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • But today, I was not here out of bravado.
        但今天,我今天没出虚张声势。
      • 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。