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
- 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。 - Bravado would be no more appropriate than fear.
虚张声势的表现还不如恐惧呢。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Some mad, defiant act of bravado.
虚张声势的某种疯狂的、挑衅的行为。 - 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。 - Their behaviour was just sheer bravado.
他们的行为完全是虚张声势。