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

• His bravado had gone now.
  他那种英雄气概全然不见了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。