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

• 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。
• The once bombastic orator had himself lapsed into silence.
  那个曾经夸夸其辞的演说家缄默不语。
• 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。
• He was vain and bombastic.
  他自负虚荣，大话连篇。
• Will judge you to just be in with this bombastic, true still somewhat knowledge.
  以此来判定你只是在夸夸其谈，还是真的有所学识。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。