bravado

US [brəˈvɑdoʊ]
UK [brəˈvɑːdəʊ]
  • n.逞能；逞强；（有时）虚张声势
  • Web故作勇敢；虚张的勇气；哺乳文胸
Plural Form：bravados  Plural Form：bravadoes  

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bravado
n.
1.
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

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Definition:
AllAll,逞能逞能,逞强逞强,虚张声势虚张声势,故作勇敢故作勇敢,虚张的勇气虚张的勇气,哺乳文胸哺乳文胸
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1.
How much of this is bravado, how much rumour and how much fact is hard to say.
很难说得清楚，这话里面有多少是夸夸其谈，有多少是谣传，又有多少是实际情况。
hěn nán shuō de qīng chǔ , zhè huà lǐ miàn yǒu duō shao shì kuā kuā qí tán , yǒu duō shao shì yáo chuán , yòu yǒu duō shao shì shí jì qíng kuàng 。
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2.
Private Rangel was not a sergeant, but he had an air about him, a mixture of bravado and charisma, that made people think he was.
兰格尔并非长官，但他有种混合着故作勇敢和领袖魅力的气场使战友们认为他就是长官。
lán gé ěr bìng fēi zhǎng guān , dàn tā yǒu zhǒng hùn hé zhe gù zuò yǒng gǎn hé lǐng xiù mèi lì de qì chǎng shǐ zhàn yǒu men rèn wéi tā jiù shì zhǎng guān 。
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3.
She took a Lover, the first who offered, a man whom she did not love, out of bravado and with rage in her heart.
她姘识了一个汉子，一个不相干、她不爱的人，那完全是出自心中的愤懑和存心要胡作非为。
tā pīn shí le yī gè hàn zi , yī gè bù xiāng gān 、 tā bù ài de rén , nà wán quán shì chū zì xīn zhōng de fèn mèn hé cún xīn yào hú zuò fēi wéi 。
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4.
She put it back, and proceeded to get dinner early and in good time. Her little bravado made her feel as if she ought to make amends.
她把钱放回钱包，就去早早准备晚饭，以便按时开饭。她这样闹了一下之后，觉得自己似乎应该作些补偿。
tā bǎ qián fàng huí qián bāo , jiù qù zǎo zǎo zhǔn bèi wǎn fàn , yǐ biàn àn shí kāi fàn 。 tā zhè yàng nào le yí xià zhī hòu , jué de zì jǐ sì hū yīng gāi zuò xiē bǔ cháng 。
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5.
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。
nǐ xū yào yī gè xiǎo chú fáng lái suí yì de cháng shì zhè xiē dōng xi , dàn shì nǐ yě kě bèi duì qiǎo kè lì de jiàn kāng de ruò diǎn suǒ fán rǎo 。
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6.
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。
suī rán dài zhe nà me yì diǎn xū zhāng shēng shì de wèi dào , dàn zhè huǒ zi jiù fěi hái shì bǎ tā men de xīn zhāo pái gěi guà le chū lái : yù cè gōng sī 。
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7.
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。
wǒ nà shí xǐ huan bǎ zì jǐ kàn zuò shì yī gè dà ren , dàn jīng kǒng huāng luàn jiù xiàng yī tiáo jī cháng lù lù de shí rén yú tūn shí liè wù yì bān , jiàn jiàn gōng pò le wǒ de xū zhāng shēng shì 。
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8.
Listen, it may have been bravado, Norman grandstanding to me that he spotted a genius early on.
听着，这可能有点夸张，诺曼向我吹嘘他一早就发现了这个天才。
tīng zhe , zhè kě néng yǒu diǎn kuā zhāng , nuò màn xiàng wǒ chuī xū tā yì zǎo jiù fā xiàn le zhè ge tiān cái 。
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9.
Whatever the dent to national bravado, or to the free-enterprise ideology, the phrase "too big to fail" suddenly carried an American accent.
无论会对国民虚张的声势，还是对自由企业这一意识形态造成什么样的创伤，“太庞大了，不能破产”这句话突然间带上了点美国口音。
wú lùn huì duì guó mín xū zhāng de shēng shì , hái shì duì zì yóu qǐ yè zhè yī yì shí xíng tài zào chéng shén me yàng de chuāng shāng , " tài páng dà le , bù néng pò chǎn " zhè jù huà tū rán jiān dài shàng le diǎn měi guó kǒu yin 。
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10.
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。
jiē zhe tā yòu qīng qiǎo de zhàn le qǐ lái , zhuǎn guò shēn zǐ , shì wēi shì de huī zhe mào zi , yí xià zi jiù zài sēn lín de biān yuán shàng xiāo shī le 。
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