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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• '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。
• 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。
• Bravado would be no more appropriate than fear.
  虚张声势的表现还不如恐惧呢。
• But today, I was not here out of bravado.
  但今天，我今天没出虚张声势。
• The bravado of the young criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal attack.
  这个年轻的罪犯，在受到他残暴袭击的受害者出来跟他对质时，他那虚张声势的嚣张气焰不见了。
• 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。