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单词 bombastic
释义
bombastic
adjective
mainlydisapproving
uk
/bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/us
/bɑːmˈbæs.tɪk/
forcefulandconfidentin a way that isintendedto be verypowerfulandimpressive, but may not have muchrealmeaningoreffect:
His bombasticmanneris afrontfordeepinsecurity.
a bombasticpreacher夸夸其谈的鼓吹者
a bombasticstatement夸大的言辞
Related words
bombast
bombastically
More examples
  • This bombastictycoonwasreducedto aquiveringwreckat thethoughtofflyingon aplane.
  • There is adifferencebetween anauthoritativeleaderand a bombasticbully.
  • Therhetoricon bothsideshas beenbitterand bombastic.
  • Acriticdismissedthefilmas bombasticrubbish.
  • Thealbumconcludeswith a bombasticrockballad.
  • Themusicsoundscrassand bombastic.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing arrogance and conceit
  • (as) proud as Luciferidiom
  • airs and gracesidiom
  • arrogant
  • arrogantly
  • as ifyouowned the placeidiom
  • egocentric
  • egocentrically
  • egoistic
  • egomaniacal
  • egotistic
  • overweeningly
  • patronize
  • patronizing
  • pomposity
  • pompous
  • talk down tosomeone
  • think the (whole) world revolves aroundyouidiom
  • throwyourweight aroundidiom
  • tin god
  • toffee-nosed
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(Definition ofbombasticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
bombastic
adjective
uk
/bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/us
/bɑːmˈbæs.tɪk/
usinglonganddifficultwords, usually to makepeoplethinkyouknowmore than you do
夸夸其谈的；夸大的
a bombasticpreacher夸夸其谈的鼓吹者
a bombasticstatement夸大的言辞

Examplesofbombastic

bombastic
There seemed to be no room in the post-war world forbombasticstatements about national glory.
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Some deemed the scale of the museum 'bombastic' and completely inappropriate for the changed political situation.
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Each new group of arrivals, or conquerors, to use their more militaristic andbombasticterm, imposed its culture and its ways on the autochthonous commoners.
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His vocal style is usually loud and high, defiant andbombastic.
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That acting style has to be large, imperious, and histrionic - which in no way means hollow,bombastic, or artificial.
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The music of these instruments was the counterpart to the mostbombasticforms of orchestral music.
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It is a noisy,bombasticfake.
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It is a monument ofbombasticproportions.
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Petruchio performs all the business of the vice: thebombasticentrance, playful audience address, the loud mockthreats, and outlandish gear.
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Pencil too, he notes, leads to drawings that, with their many revisions, provide a better narrative of the evolution of a design than morebombasticpen drawings.
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We have our own views on whether thosebombasticpromises have been fulfilled.
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What is needed at the moment is not the making ofbombasticgestures such as the extending of sanctions which could not be effectively implemented.
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It is a terrible thing once again to hear thesebombasticravings of a dictator coming over the radio.
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We have to put over to the public that scientists are not cocksure orbombasticand do not pretend to know everything.
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One thing that must be rubbed in tonight is that all thatbombasticpretence has collapsed in the face of the realities of the situation.
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