bravado

英 [brəˈvɑːdəʊ]

美 [brəˈvɑːdoʊ]

n. 逞能; 逞强; (有时)虚张声势

复数：bravados　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

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

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。
In the past year as a flight surgeon here, I've become accustomed to the air of bravado, determination, courage, and fear as they head out of fight.
自从去年作为一名航空军医来到这里，我已经习惯这种他们奔赴战斗的气氛&满是虚张声势、决心、勇气和恐惧的气氛。
Buying all those shares was just an act of bravado.
买下所有那些股票只是一个虚张声势的举动。
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。
I believe this talk is a function more of ego and bravado than really trying to give a founder the best advice for building a sustainable, long term, profitable business.
我认为这样的说法更多地只会让人感到自负，想逞能，对于打造一家能持久运转、长期盈利的企业而言并不是最好的建议。
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。
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。
'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。
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。
I hope I live long enough to see the end of the bravado crap.
我希望我能活到看到这些虚张声势的东西终结的那天。