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

• 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；
• 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 rise of the moderates, new campaigns have begun.
  在温和派的鼓舞下，一些新的活动开展起来。
• Washington's struggles to influence events in Crimea may further have emboldened China, he said.
  他说，华盛顿试图影响克里米亚局势的努力失败可能已经使中国更为大胆。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their encouragement emboldened him to accept the challenge.
  他们的鼓励使他鼓起勇气接受挑战。
• Rising inequality, corruption and woeful inadequacies in the education and health systems have emboldened some leftwing critics of the reform process.
  不平等程度加深、腐败现象，以及教育和医疗体系的不完善，增强了那些对改革进程持批评态度的左翼人士的勇气。
• Instead of bringing peace in our time, the Allies merely emboldened an aggressive Germany.
  同盟国没有给我们时代带来和平，而仅仅让好斗的德国胆子越发大起来。
• 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。