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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the past year as a flight surgeon here, I've become accustomed to the air of bravado, determination, courage, and fear as they head out of fight.
  自从去年作为一名航空军医来到这里，我已经习惯这种他们奔赴战斗的气氛&满是虚张声势、决心、勇气和恐惧的气氛。
• Some mad, defiant act of bravado.
  虚张声势的某种疯狂的、挑衅的行为。
• The soldiers cloaked their fear with joking and bravado.
  士兵们藉开玩笑和夸口来掩饰其恐惧。
• His bravado had gone now.
  他那种英雄气概全然不见了。
• Bravado would be no more appropriate than fear.
  虚张声势的表现还不如恐惧呢。
• 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。