bravado

英 [brəˈvɑːdəʊ]

美 [brəˈvɑːdoʊ]

n.  逞能; 逞强; (有时)虚张声势

复数：bravados　

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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

• Bravado would be no more appropriate than fear.
  虚张声势的表现还不如恐惧呢。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 liked to think of myself as a grown man, but consternation was eating away at my bravado like a starved piranha devouring its prey.
  我那时喜欢把自己看作是一个大人，但惊恐慌乱就像一条饥肠辘辘的食人鱼吞食猎物一般，渐渐攻破了我的虚张声势。
• Some mad, defiant act of bravado.
  虚张声势的某种疯狂的、挑衅的行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• '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。