Like the naval skirmish, there is an element of bravado.
与海上冲突一样, 这份提案有造声势的成分在里面。

The soldiers cloaked their fear with joking and bravado.
士兵们藉开玩笑和夸口来掩饰其恐惧。

I do not say this in any spirit of bravado or belligerence.
我说这句话并不是虚张声势，也不是穷兵黩武。

We strove to prevent our courage from turning into bravado.
努力预防我们的勇气变成一种虚张声势。

I hope I live long enough to see the end of the bravado crap.
我希望我能活到看到这些虚张声势的东西终结的那天。

Her little bravado made her feel as if she ought to make amends.
她这样闹了一下之后，觉得自己似乎应该作些补偿。

She swayed the knife in her hand. It was just an act of bravado.
她挥舞手中的刀只是为了虚张声势。

The bravado seemed incongruous with the shyness in his shoulders.
他的故作自信和肩头上露出的羞涩有点不太协调。

In the face of this bravado Americas trading partners duly backed down.
美国的贸易伙伴面对恐吓纷纷让步。

He dusted off some of that old Shaq bravado after torching the Raptors.
在击败猛龙后他抹去了老沙克的虚张声势。

There was a challenge in his sparkling merry eyes, and a certain bravado
他那神采飞扬的眼睛有一种挑战的意味, 很煞有介事。

His stories about his sexual experimentation were more bravado than fact.
他讲述的那些自己进行性尝试的事，更多的是吹嘘而非事实。

However, they did it with such consummate skill that we delight in their bravado.
然而他们用如此完美的技术来绘画，使我们以他的威势为乐。

However, she is still childlike, while all her cunningness is no more than bravado.
但是实质上她还是保有孩子气，她的复杂只是一种虚张声势。

With a bit of bravado, the old gang hung out their new shingle the Prediction Company.
这帮老练的家伙有点虚张声势地挂出了新招牌预测公司。

They helped ensure that Cristiano Ronaldo, for all his prematch bravado, had a quiet game.
他们使的赛前信心满满的小小罗安静下来。

The answer was so cool, so rich in bravado, that somehow it took the wind out of his sails.
她说得那么冷静, 那么勇气十足, 使他不知怎么泄了气。

As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
我补充一句，他有时表现得过分逞强。

Yi Hong was normally very bold, but when confronted with insects or snakes her bravado deserted her.
衣红胆子不小, 可是一见虫蛇就威风不起来了。

AntiAmerican bravado was always a sure way to excite a crowd and strike a pose of national virility.
反美呼声一直是一种激发群众和显示民族气概的可靠方法。

In fact, Coleman thinks the stricter cybercrime laws have tamped down hackers bravado to some extent.
当受害人奋起反抗时，罪犯的虚张声势顿时消失

And their incentive to write an exploit has much more to do with bravado and bragging rights than money.
他们写利用程序的动机虚张声势和自夸胜于金钱。

The young woman grew deadly pale, and cast an apprehensive glance upon Maitre Pierre, in whom the bravado of the young gallant seemed only to excite laughter, more scornful than applausive.
有时偶然射出的一发炮弹会打垮一座高贵的空中楼阁。