bravado
英 [brə'vɑːdəʊ]
美[brə'vɑdo]
- n. 虚张声势;冒险
词态变化
复数: bravados; bravadoes;
英英释意
- 1. a swaggering show of courage
英文词源
- bravado (n.)
- 1580s, from French bravade "bragging, boasting," from Italian bravata "bragging, boasting" (16c.), from bravare "brag, boast, be defiant," from bravo (see brave (adj.)). The English word was influenced in form by Spanish words ending in -ado.
实用场景例句
- an act of sheer bravado
- 纯属逞能的举动
牛津词典
- '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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- With a bit of bravado, the old gang hung out their new shingle: the Prediction Company.
- 这帮老练的家伙有点虚张声势地挂出了新招牌: 预测公司.
期刊摘选
- His bravado carried him too far and prejudiced his case.
- 他过分的虚张声势给他的诉讼带来了影响.
辞典例句
- This is thanks to Malaysia's tame media and the bravado of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.
- 这是由于马来西亚的驯服媒体和虚张声势的前总理马哈蒂尔.
期刊摘选
- And their incentive to write an exploit to do with bravado and bragging rights than money.
- 他们写(漏洞)利用程序的动机虚张声势和自夸胜于金钱.
期刊摘选
- The Healer nodded and Ameris lost all of her bravado and hid behind the end table.
- 医疗者点点头,阿茉瑞斯失去了所有强自镇定的力量,迅速躲到了房间尽头的桌子后面.
期刊摘选
- Take no notice of his threats they're sheer bravado.
- 别理会他的威胁 -- 完全是虚张声势.
期刊摘选
- We strove to prevent our courage from turning into bravado.
- 努力预防我们的勇气变成一种虚张声势.
期刊摘选
- 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.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- It's a reflection only in what the leaders say, and their bravado attitudes.
- 这仅仅是对领导们所说的话的反映, 他们虚张声势的态度.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- He flourished the weapon in an attempt at bravado.
- 他挥舞武器意在恐吓.
辞典例句
- What he lacks in courage he compensates for in bravado.
- 他用虚张声势来弥补自己勇气的匮乏.
期刊摘选
- Poor Catherine was not defiant ; she had no genius for bravado.
- 可怜的凯瑟琳没有反叛的性格,也没有能力做出英勇威武的事来.
辞典例句
- The promise to build a new district is no mere bureaucratic bravado.
- 建设新城区的承诺不仅仅是官僚式的虚张声势.
期刊摘选
- Listen, it may bravado, Norman grandstanding to me that he spotted a genius early on.
- 听着, 这可能有点夸张, 诺曼向我吹嘘他一早就发现了这个天才.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- Their behaviour was just sheer bravado.
- 他们的行为完全是虚张声势.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
期刊摘选
- All day long, wearing a mask of false bravado.
- 白天, 我总带著虚伪夸张的面具.
期刊摘选
- His bravado had gone now.
- 他那种英雄气概全然不见了.
辞典例句
- 'I'll be fine on my own ,'she said with bravado.
- “ 我一个人没问题. ” 她逞能地说.
《简明英汉词典》
- He behaved aggressively out of bravado.
- 他摆出一副挑衅的架势,但只是虚张声势.
《简明英汉词典》
- There was no longer any deceit or bravado in the manner of the accused.
- 被告的态度已不再有欺诈或浮夸的样子.
期刊摘选
- an act of sheer bravado
- 纯属逞能的举动
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- His stories about his sexual experimentation were more bravado than fact.
- 他讲述的那些自己进行性尝试的事,更多的是吹嘘而非事实。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- "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。
柯林斯例句