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
- 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。 - Some mad, defiant act of bravado.
虚张声势的某种疯狂的、挑衅的行为。 - 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。 - 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。 - His typical bravado backfired in this case.
他典型的瞎逞强做法这次终于搬起石头砸了自己的脚。 - It took Mourinho's wit, pragmatism, bravado and skill to make sense of the numbers and if Chelsea are prepared to take his significance lightly, they did not deserve him in the first place.
穆里尼奥是用自己的智慧，实用主义，自信和技巧来使用这么多钱财的，如果切尔西小看了他的这个本事的话，那他们就不配拥有穆里尼奥了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。