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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its emboldened our competitors.
  我国的竞争对手感到可以借此壮胆。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。