bravado

英式音标：[brəˈvɑ:dəʊ]

美式音标：[brəˈvɑdoʊ]

词语分类：TEM8,GRE

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概况：

n. 虚张声势；冒险

词义：

n.

虚张声势；故作勇敢；冒险；

变形

复数：bravadosbravadoes

英英释义

bravado[ brə'vɑ:dəu ]

n.a swaggering show of courage

同义词：bluster

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

His bravado cost him the job.
他的这种张狂气势令他丢了工作机会。

Their behaviour was just sheer bravado.
他们的行为完全是虚张声势。

He needs no bravado to mesmerize spectators.
他不需要虚张声势给观众催眠。

权威例句

Beyond Bravado

Nuclear bravado: nuclear blackmail and nuclear balance.

Beyond the bravado: Sex roles and the exploitive male.

Empathy and bravado: Interviewing reluctant bureaucrats.

Bravery or bravado? The protection of news providers in armed conflict

Bragging, Boasting and Bravado: Male Banter in a Brokerage House

The Influence of Peer Experiences on Bravado Attitudes among African American Males.

Bladder pain syndrome: validation of simple tests for diagnosis in women with chronic pelvic pain: BRaVADO study protocol

Educating Tomorrow's Men: Perceived School Support, Negative Youth Experiences, and Bravado Attitudes in African American Adolescent...

Educating Tomorrow’s Men Perceived School Support, Negative Youth Experiences, and Bravado Attitudes In African American Adole...

同义词：venture,throw,swashbuckling,swash,swank,risk,jactitation,jactation,adventure

英语词源：

bravado (n.)

1580s, from French bravade "bragging, boasting," from Italian bravata "bragging, boasting" (16c.), from bravare "brag, boast, be defiant," from bravo (see brave (adj.)). The English word was influenced in form by Spanish words ending in -ado.

造句：

1. Poor Catherine was not defiant; she had no genius for bravado.

可怜的凯瑟琳没有反叛的性格，也没有能力做出英勇威武的事来。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. He flourished the weapon in an attempt at bravado.

他挥舞武器意在恐吓。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. His bravado carried him too far and prejudiced his case.

他过分的虚张声势给他的诉讼带来了影响。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. He was lightly afoot again, turned and waved his cap in a bravado, and was out of sight next moment in the margin of the wood.

接着他又轻巧地站了起来，转过身子，示威似的挥着帽子，一下子就在森林的边缘上消失了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. His bravado had gone now.

他那种英雄气概全然不见了。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. Anti-American bravado was always a sure way to excite a crowd and strike a pose of national virility.

反美呼声一直是一种激发群众和显示民族气概的可靠方法。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句