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

• 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。
• 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。
• Mr Obama may be emboldened by his solid victory& he does not need the support of religious conservatives to govern.
  奥巴马可能受到坚实的胜利鼓励而不需要宗教保守派的支持来施政。
• 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。
• 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。
• So whatever happens, he will be forced to negotiate with an emboldened Republican opposition on nearly equal terms.
  因此无论发生什么情况，他都将被迫以几乎平等的姿态与收到鼓舞的反对党共和党谈判。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。