a confident way of behaving that is intended to impress people, sometimes as a way of hiding a lack of confidence 逞能;逞强;(有时)虚张声势 an act of sheer bravado 纯属逞能的举动 ‘Don’t threaten me,’ she whispered with false bravado. “别威胁我,”她虚张声势地低声说道。 He behaved aggressively out of bravado. 他摆出一副挑衅的架势,但只是虚张声势。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sheer
- mere
- false
- …
- out of bravado
- with bravado
- a display of bravado
- a show of bravado
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish bravada, from bravo ‘bold’ (from brave and -ado).