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

• 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。
• His bravado had gone now.
  他那种英雄气概全然不见了。
• Their behaviour was just sheer bravado.
  他们的行为完全是虚张声势。
• Take no notice of his threats they're sheer bravado.
  别理会他的威胁&完全是虚张声势。
• Some mad, defiant act of bravado.
  虚张声势的某种疯狂的、挑衅的行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• But today, I was not here out of bravado.
  但今天，我今天没出虚张声势。
• 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。
• 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。