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emboldened

/em-bohl-duhn/US // ɛmˈboʊl dən //UK // (ɪmˈbəʊldən) //

有胆量的,胆大妄为,胆大妄为的,有胆量

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make bold or bolder; hearten; encourage.

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Examples

  • Some of the things that were put out were emboldened by our political climate and racial division.

  • Swinney is clearly emboldened by the success of his program — five straight CFP appearances and two national titles — and his say-anything madness is often entertaining.

  • The housemade sausage, a pork link emboldened with brisket fat, snaps on first bite, its richness cut ever so gently with pickle brine.

  • How the passing offense succeeded late, even though the Giants often knew passes were coming, emboldened the players as well.

  • Winning at any cost or by stoking a voter’s fear of an already marginalized group of people only emboldens those who want to see America weakened.

  • The more we appease, the more we indulge, the more emboldened the enemies of freedom become.

  • Spirits in Stanleyville were high, and a local 19-year-old was emboldened by independence fever.

  • Some of this, she suspects, is because gay men have been emboldened by their sexual outsider status.

  • They also emboldened the Kurdish defenders, who are lightly armed and fending off heavy armor.

  • They will be emboldened in their tactics and will only demand more and more.

  • Some of his comments on Homer Smith were not very complimentary, and this emboldened Eloise to tell him who her real father was.

  • Her favourable looks emboldened him to speak; and after the formal salutation, "Great Queen, live for ever!"

  • Verily, the spirit of that Filipina in an American would have emboldened her to wear—bloomers?

  • At length, emboldened by the long and patient watchfulness of his enemies, the Huron attempted a better and more fatal aim.

  • But instead of disconcerting, that inquiring gaze rather emboldened me.