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

• Their encouragement emboldened him to accept the challenge.
  他们的鼓励使他鼓起勇气接受挑战。
• Many state-sponsored actors will no doubt be emboldened by the spectacular success of the Sony breach.
  黑客在索尼一事上取得的巨大成功无疑会令不少由国家赞助的网络攻击参与者感到大受鼓励。
• 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。
• An emboldened Giggs duly knocked on the manager's door.
  傻乎乎的吉格斯真的去敲了老板的门。
• 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。
• Emboldened by this success, he had begged a further favour.
  这次的成功壮了他的胆，所以他便提出了进一步的请求。
• Emboldened by the outcry over AIG, Mr Geithner asked for those powers when he visited Congress last week.
  在对aig的一片声讨声中，盖特纳上周大胆向国会请求授予这些权力。
• 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；
• The government is becoming weak enough for the media to feel emboldened.
  政府正在变弱，因此媒体的胆子也大了起来。
• Public anger about toxic food, corporate mismanagement and official corruption has emboldened reporters.
  公众对于有毒食品、公司经营不善和公务人员腐败的愤怒已经鼓励了记者们。