bombastic

英 [bɒmˈbæstɪk]

美 [bɑːmˈbæstɪk]

adj.  夸夸其谈的; 大话连篇的; 词藻华丽空洞的

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BNC.34531 / COCA.25009

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 夸夸其谈的；大话连篇的；词藻华丽空洞的
  If you describe someone asbombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
  1. He was vain and bombastic.
     他自负虚荣，大话连篇。
  2. ...the bombastic style adopted by his predecessor.
     他的前任夸夸其谈的作风

英英释义

adj

• ostentatiously lofty in style
  1. a man given to large talk
  2. tumid political prose
  Synonym:declamatorylargeorotundtumidturgid

双语例句

• I went on, using the characteristically bombastic language of the time.
  我使用当时流行的夸大其词的语言接着说。
• Pompous or bombastic speech or expression. The characters in this novel are rather overdrawn.
  夸张，大言不惭虚夸的或浮夸的话语或表述这本小说中的人物描写得有些夸张。
• He was vain and bombastic.
  他自负虚荣，大话连篇。
• For this reason, I find so many of our political scoundrels are such lovable human beings, and so many of our futile bombastic college presidents extremely good fellows at home.
  正因为如此，我察觉到许多政坛上的恶棍，倒也是十分可爱的人，又察觉到许多院校浮夸的校长，在家里却是顶好的先生。
• As the depressive element rises, so does the appeal of the simplistic, bombastic national front, compelling Mr Sarkozy to play to nationalism and the right.
  当消极因素出现时，肤浅而夸夸其谈的国民阵线的吸引力就会上升，这会迫使萨科齐迎合民族主义和右翼势力。
• The once bombastic orator had himself lapsed into silence; in fact Benito Mussolini made only four public speeches during the entire course of the war.
  那个曾经夸夸其辞的演说家缄默不语；实际上，贝尼托？墨索里尼在整个战争时期只进行了四场公开的演讲。
• Will judge you to just be in with this bombastic, true still somewhat knowledge.
  以此来判定你只是在夸夸其谈，还是真的有所学识。
• I could take a little bombastic posturing if it helped to keep Russia on the right road.
  假如这种夸夸其谈的姿态有助于使俄罗斯走上正确的道路，我可以接受少许这种姿态。
• It is not bombastic to say we can not live without metaphor.
  毫不夸张地说我们的生活离不开隐喻。
• And on its part, German Socialism recognised, more and more, its own calling as the bombastic representative of the petty-bourgeois Philistine.
  同时，德国的社会主义也越来越认识到自己的使命就是充当这种小市民的夸夸其谈的代言人。