bravado
英 [brəˈvɑːdəʊ]
美 [brəˈvɑːdoʊ]
n. 逞能; 逞强; (有时)虚张声势
复数：bravados
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- an act of sheer bravado
纯属逞能的举动
- an act of sheer bravado
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.- '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。
- 'You won't get away with this,' he said with unexpected bravado.
英英释义
noun
- a swaggering show of courage
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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。