bombastic

英 [bɒmˈbæstɪk]

美 [bɑːmˈbæstɪk]

adj.  夸夸其谈的; 大话连篇的; 词藻华丽空洞的

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BNC.34531 / COCA.25009

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 夸夸其谈的；大话连篇的；词藻华丽空洞的
  If you describe someone asbombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
  1. He was vain and bombastic.
     他自负虚荣，大话连篇。
  2. ...the bombastic style adopted by his predecessor.
     他的前任夸夸其谈的作风

英英释义

adj

• ostentatiously lofty in style
  1. a man given to large talk
  2. tumid political prose
  Synonym:declamatorylargeorotundtumidturgid

双语例句

• The once bombastic orator had himself lapsed into silence; in fact Benito Mussolini made only four public speeches during the entire course of the war.
  那个曾经夸夸其辞的演说家缄默不语；实际上，贝尼托？墨索里尼在整个战争时期只进行了四场公开的演讲。
• However, bombastic and self-confident people are traditionally thought to be the best leaders and there are plenty of those in our work lives.
  但是，在过去，那些夸夸其谈、自信满满的人却总被视为最佳上司，而这样的上司在我们的工作中确实比比皆是。
• He was vain and bombastic.
  他自负虚荣，大话连篇。
• As the depressive element rises, so does the appeal of the simplistic, bombastic national front, compelling Mr Sarkozy to play to nationalism and the right.
  当消极因素出现时，肤浅而夸夸其谈的国民阵线的吸引力就会上升，这会迫使萨科齐迎合民族主义和右翼势力。
• This may sound more bombastic than I mean to be.
  这听起来可能比我想说的更夸张。
• The candidate spoke in a bombastic way of all that he would do if elected.
  候选人大肆吹嘘，一旦他当选将要如何如何。
• His public persona is brash, bombastic, and, at times, bordering on boorish.
  在公众眼中，他傲慢、无理，有时候近乎粗鲁。
• Pompous or bombastic speech or expression. The characters in this novel are rather overdrawn.
  夸张，大言不惭虚夸的或浮夸的话语或表述这本小说中的人物描写得有些夸张。
• For this reason, I find so many of our political scoundrels are such lovable human beings, and so many of our futile bombastic college presidents extremely good fellows at home.
  正因为如此，我察觉到许多政坛上的恶棍，倒也是十分可爱的人，又察觉到许多院校浮夸的校长，在家里却是顶好的先生。
• It is not bombastic to say we can not live without metaphor.
  毫不夸张地说我们的生活离不开隐喻。