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overboldness

/bohld-nis/US // ˈboʊld nɪs //

胆大妄为,过度膨胀,过度紧张,胆大包天

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : lack of hesitation or fear in the face of risk or danger; courage: Some members of the LGBTQ community have been murdered because of their boldness in living as their true selves and not as society tried to force them to live.
    • : refusal to be held back by the opinion or judgment of others: I admire your boldness in standing up on this issue; thank you for your candid words.
    • : lack of regard for the rules of propriety or morality; impudence or brazenness: In the early 20th century many people were shocked at the boldness and sexual innuendos that emerged in song.
    • : the fact or quality of going beyond the usual limits of conventional thought or action; visionary or imaginative character: With boldness, leadership, and determination, we are leveraging today's successes into a smarter city for all of our residents.
    • : the quality of being visually striking, arresting, flashy, etc.: If you are someone who is generally perceived as meek and mild, then a little boldness in your wardrobe and your makeup would revamp your look.

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Examples

  • Our portfolio included five “bold bet” picks, companies with higher-risk profiles.

  • We take the bold move to flag it, label it so that people have the appropriate context that this is indeed an example of a violation, so people can look at that content in light of that understanding.

  • These companies are taking increasingly bold measures to ban certain kinds of fake news and extremist groups, and they’re using technology to filter out misinformation before humans can see it.

  • There has been kind of a quiet, but not very bold conversation on the Republican side about some sort of price on carbon — or some sort of action around trying to remove carbon from the atmosphere — which is a big discussion.

  • Bring the drama with these seven bold lip hues from some of your beauty faves like YSL Beauty, Smashbox, MAC and Maybelline.

  • Yes, the gun:  “While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind.”

  • They need to emulate the boldness with which the leading pay TV networks have sabotaged genre recipes.

  • The anonymity of the Internet, however, gives the curious a new kind of boldness.

  • “The boldness of the fraud,” Judge Barbara Jones wrote in her decision, proved Bartiromo knew that what he was doing was wrong.

  • Appropriately enough, the Basin family crest bears the motto “boldness and inspiration.”

  • Her success increased her confidence in herself and enhanced the boldness and freedom with which she handled her brush.

  • His neck looked as powerful as a bull's, and his rather small head was poised upon it with a sort of triumphant boldness.

  • It required peculiar boldness, at that hour, to accuse Robespierre and Danton of crime.

  • And wondering at her boldness, she added, I know and feel that you love meyour eyes confirmed your love before you spoke.

  • For seven years he led an unsettled life, attracting attention everywhere by his talents and the boldness of his teaching.