bombast

US ['bɒmbæst]
UK ['bɒmbæst]
  • n.华而不实的言辞；大话
  • adj.夸大的
  • Web夸大的言辞；高调；故意夸大的语言

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bombast
n.
1.
华而不实的言辞；大话words which sound important but have little meaning, used to impress people

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1.
Bombast notwithstanding, the small size of seismic signals from the tests of both countries has cast doubt on the declared explosive yields.
高调尽管如此，从两国的地震信号测试体积小，令人对申报的爆炸当量怀疑。
gāo diào jìn guǎn rú cǐ , cóng liǎng guó de dì zhèn xìn hào cè shì tǐ jī xiǎo , lìng rén duì shēn bào de bào zhà dāng liàng huái yí 。
zhidao.baidu.com
2.
Oil money pays for the bombs going off from Baghdad to Beirut, and the bombast of dictators from Caracas to Tehran.
石油财源换来了从巴格达到贝鲁特爆炸的炸弹以及从加拉加斯到德黑兰的独裁者们的夸夸其谈。
shí yóu cái yuán huàn lái le cóng bā gé dá dào bèi lǔ tè bào zhà de zhà dàn yǐ jí cóng jiā lā jiā sī dào dé hēi lán de dú cái zhě men de kuā kuā qí tán 。
gb.cri.cn
3.
There is no bombast or chauvinism or phony sentiment in Mr Obama's oratory.
在奥巴马的演说中，没有豪言壮语，没有沙文主义，也没有做作的感情。
zài ào bā mǎ de yǎn shuō zhōng , méi yǒu háo yán zhuàng yǔ , méi yǒu shā wén zhǔ yì , yě méi yǒu zuò zuo de gǎn qíng 。
www.ftchinese.com
4.
He sat there as bold as brass and blurted out bombast.
他大模大样地坐在那儿，脱口而出的全是大话。
tā dà mú dà yàng de zuò zài nà er , tuō kǒu ér chū de quán shì dà huà 。
blog.hjenglish.com
5.
So, beneath the bombast, is this a new "east of Suez" moment?
因此，夸夸其谈的背后是不是新的“苏伊士以东”时刻的到来？
yīn cǐ , kuā kuā qí tán de bèi hòu shì bu shì xīn de " sū yī shì yǐ dōng " shí kè de dào lái ?
www.ecocn.org
6.
exaggerate bombast overstate full-blown overdo magnify amplify enlarge
夸张，吹牛
kuā zhāng , chuī niú
blog.sina.com.cn
7.
Bombast (n. ): talk or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning; pompous language
词藻华丽而空洞无物的淡话（或文章）；夸大的语言
cí zǎo huá lì ér kōng dòng wú wù de dàn huà ( huò wén zhāng ) ; kuā dà de yǔ yán
blog.hjenglish.com