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

• 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。
• 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。
• This emboldened me to ask for more help.
  这使我壮着胆子去请求更多的援助。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have been emboldened to make these remarks partly by the scepticism shown in his memoirs by Alan Greenspan, the former US Federal Reserve chairman, who admitted only that forecasts performed a useful consistency check.
  我之所以斗胆说这些话，在一定程度上是受到艾伦•格林斯潘（AlanGreenspan）在回忆录中表现出的怀疑态度的鼓舞。这位美联储前主席仅仅承认，预测是一种检验连贯性的有用方法。
• Its emboldened our competitors.
  我国的竞争对手感到可以借此壮胆。