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
- 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。 - 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。 - Take no notice of his threats they're sheer bravado.
别理会他的威胁&完全是虚张声势。 - But today, I was not here out of bravado.
但今天，我今天没出虚张声势。 - Bravado would be no more appropriate than fear.
虚张声势的表现还不如恐惧呢。 - 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。 - 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。 - However, she is still childlike, while all her cunningness is no more than bravado.
但是实质上她还是保有孩子气，她的复杂只是一种虚张声势。 - Some mad, defiant act of bravado.
虚张声势的某种疯狂的、挑衅的行为。 - 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。