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

• I could take a little bombastic posturing if it helped to keep Russia on the right road.
  假如这种夸夸其谈的姿态有助于使俄罗斯走上正确的道路，我可以接受少许这种姿态。
• 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。
• Next bombastic, say the website is optimized how should do.
  然后夸夸其谈，说网站优化应该如何如何做。
• I went on, using the characteristically bombastic language of the time.
  我使用当时流行的夸大其词的语言接着说。
• An ad in which, against the usual bombastic soundtrack, his manager stares silently into the camera drawing on a cigarette struck some people as dotty, others as brilliant.
  在一则有别于一般夸大新闻的广告中，他的经理人安静的注视着摄像机一边还抽着烟，品评着一些人的躁动和另一些人的理智。
• 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。
• Linda's increase in importance do not lead he to do bombastic speeches at the party.
  汤姆的荣升并未导致他在聚会上夸夸其谈。
• The bombastic man has no friends in the office.
  这人说话太出位，在写字楼里没有朋友。
• And on its part, German Socialism recognised, more and more, its own calling as the bombastic representative of the petty-bourgeois Philistine.
  同时，德国的社会主义也越来越认识到自己的使命就是充当这种小市民的夸夸其谈的代言人。
• 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。