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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some mad, defiant act of bravado.
  虚张声势的某种疯狂的、挑衅的行为。
• 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。
• Take no notice of his threats they're sheer bravado.
  别理会他的威胁&完全是虚张声势。