【bombast】 - AEAS备考词汇

bombast

UK:  ['bɒmbæst]

US:  ['bɒmbæst]

n.

1.夸大其词的话[文章],豪言壮语

2.装腔作势的话

adj.

1.夸大的

1 . That's good news for the rest of us: video games have finally begun to shed their one-size-fits-all reputation for blood and bombast.
对于我们这些人来说，这绝对是个好消息：计算机游戏最终已经开始摆脱它们一贯的名声：为流血牺牲和浮夸大话而设计的游戏。

2 . Bombast notwithstanding, the small size of seismic signals from the tests of both countries has cast doubt on the declared explosive yields.
高调尽管如此，从两国的地震信号测试体积小，令人对申报的爆炸当量怀疑。

3 . Oil money pays for the bombs going off from Baghdad to Beirut, and the bombast of dictators from Caracas to Tehran.
石油财源换来了从巴格达到贝鲁特爆炸的炸弹以及从加拉加斯到德黑兰的独裁者们的夸夸其谈。

4 . Tact can be as expressive as bombast.
老练圆通和高调浮夸同样具有表现力。

5 . He sat there as bold as brass and blurted out bombast.
他大模大样地坐在那儿，脱口而出的全是大话。