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

• He was first into the sea, and at once swam out with the bravado of justifying his self-given reputation.
  他第一个下海，立刻施展本领游了出去，要证明自己夸下的海口。
• Their behaviour was just sheer bravado.
  他们的行为完全是虚张声势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bravado would be no more appropriate than fear.
  虚张声势的表现还不如恐惧呢。
• His bravado had gone now.
  他那种英雄气概全然不见了。
• His typical bravado backfired in this case.
  他典型的瞎逞强做法这次终于搬起石头砸了自己的脚。
• I do not say this in any spirit of bravado or belligerence.
  我说这句话并不是虚张声势，也不是穷兵黩武。