emboldened

英 [ɪmˈbəʊldənd]

美 [ɪmˈboʊldənd]

v.  使增加勇气; 使更有胆量; 使更有信心; 将(文本)变成粗体
embolden的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：emboldened　过去式：emboldened　

COCA.32713

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使有胆量;使有信心;鼓励
  If youare emboldened bysomething, it makes you feel confident enough to behave in a particular way.
  1. The Prime Minister was steadily emboldened by the discovery that he faced no opposition...
     发现自己并未遭到反对，首相渐渐有了信心。
  2. Four days of non-stop demonstrations have emboldened the anti-government protesters.
     持续4天不间断的示威使反政府抗议者士气高涨。

英英释义

adj

• made bold or courageous

双语例句

• Their encouragement emboldened him to accept the challenge.
  他们的鼓励使他鼓起勇气接受挑战。
• This emboldened Mr Greenberg and a group of investors led by the billionaire Eli Broad to attack AIG's management and demand boardroom changes.
  这让格林伯格和一群以亿万富翁艾利•布洛德（EliBroad）为首的投资者壮起了胆攻击美国国际集团的管理层，并要求改革董事会。
• Wonderful civility this! It emboldened me to ask a question.
  多么彬彬有礼啊！于是我大着胆子问了个问题。
• I have been emboldened to make these remarks partly by the scepticism shown in his memoirs by Alan Greenspan, the former US Federal Reserve chairman, who admitted only that forecasts performed a useful consistency check.
  我之所以斗胆说这些话，在一定程度上是受到艾伦•格林斯潘（AlanGreenspan）在回忆录中表现出的怀疑态度的鼓舞。这位美联储前主席仅仅承认，预测是一种检验连贯性的有用方法。
• The violence has frightened some people but emboldened others.
  暴力活动震慑了一些人，但也激励了一些人。
• Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her.
  他借酒壮胆，走上前去向她作自我介绍。
• Mr Rabbani's murder has emboldened critics of Mr Karzai's peace policy.
  拉巴尼之死使那些反对卡尔扎伊和平政策的评论家更有话可说。
• This emboldened me to ask for more help.
  这使我壮着胆子去请求更多的援助。
• Emboldened, I yanked the strap of her backpack and then pushed her.
  我壮了壮胆，猛拽她背包的带子，然后往前一推。
• Or "yes men" lawyers who may have enabled and emboldened them?
  还是那些给银行家出谋划策和壮胆的“好好先生”律师们？