bravado
英 [br?'vɑ?d??]
美[br?'vɑdo]
- n. 虛張聲勢(shì)；冒險(xiǎn)
TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?bravados;? bravadoes;
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. His stories about his sexual experimentation were more bravado than fact.
- 他講述的那些自己進(jìn)行性嘗試的事，更多的是吹噓而非事實(shí)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. "You won't get away with this," he said with unexpected bravado.
- “這事你休想就這么過去，”他以出人意料的強(qiáng)橫語氣說道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. an act of sheer bravado
- 純屬逞能的舉動(dòng)
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. 'I'll be fine on my own ,'she said with bravado.
- “ 我一個(gè)人沒問題. ” 她逞能地說.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. Their behaviour was just sheer bravado.
- 他們的行為完全是虛張聲勢(shì).
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》