emboldened

英 [ɪmˈbəʊldənd]

美 [ɪmˈboʊldənd]

v.  使增加勇气; 使更有胆量; 使更有信心; 将(文本)变成粗体
embolden的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：emboldened　过去式：emboldened　

COCA.32713

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使有胆量;使有信心;鼓励
  If youare emboldened bysomething, it makes you feel confident enough to behave in a particular way.
  1. The Prime Minister was steadily emboldened by the discovery that he faced no opposition...
     发现自己并未遭到反对，首相渐渐有了信心。
  2. Four days of non-stop demonstrations have emboldened the anti-government protesters.
     持续4天不间断的示威使反政府抗议者士气高涨。

英英释义

adj

• made bold or courageous

双语例句

• This emboldened me to ask for more help.
  这使我壮着胆子去请求更多的援助。
• Mr Rabbani's murder has emboldened critics of Mr Karzai's peace policy.
  拉巴尼之死使那些反对卡尔扎伊和平政策的评论家更有话可说。
• His success emboldened him to expand his business.
  他有了成就因而激发他进一步扩展业务。
• Emboldened by the wine, he went over to introduce himself to her.
  他借酒壮胆，走上前去向她作自我介绍。
• Our will was only emboldened by Mayor Bloomberg's heavy-handed attempt to eradicate Occupy Wall Street;
  布隆伯格市长试图消除占领华尔街运动让我们更加勇敢；
• Or "yes men" lawyers who may have enabled and emboldened them?
  还是那些给银行家出谋划策和壮胆的“好好先生”律师们？
• The Prime Minister was steadily emboldened by the discovery that he faced no opposition
  发现自己并未遭到反对，首相渐渐有了信心。
• The violence has frightened some people but emboldened others.
  暴力活动震慑了一些人，但也激励了一些人。
• Wonderful civility this! It emboldened me to ask a question.
  多么彬彬有礼啊！于是我大着胆子问了个问题。
• But some analysts said the move by China and India could be a serious problem if it emboldened airlines from other countries to refuse to comply as well.
  不过有分析人士支出，中国和印度的做法可能成为严重的问题，因为这可能鼓励其他国家的航空公司拒绝遵守规定。