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单词 bravado
释义
bravadobra‧va‧do /brəˈvɑːdəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINbravado
Origin:
1500-1600 French bravade and Old Spanish bravata, from Old Italian bravata, from brava; BRAVE1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The new recruits were full of youthful bravado.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Alternatively, respondents may exaggerate their delinquencies out of bravado, especially likely with juveniles.
  • As after all I was not a bad little boy but I was shy and covered it up by bravado.
  • But there was no bravado in it at the time.
  • Having gone that long undetected by the enemies sitting almost next to me, I'd got my over-confident bravado back with interest.
  • Later, in the retelling, the act would take on a certain amount of bravado.
  • My bravado emanated from the knowledge that a certain lady was looking out of her window.
  • Other work-inhibited students express a false bravado.
  • The snakes eat themselves at the top of the food-chain out of habit or boredom or sheer bravado.
behaviour that is deliberately intended to make other people believe you are brave and confident:  youthful bravado
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