bombast
bombast — 名詞
1. language that sounds important and impressive but says very little that is true
誇大之言
內容空洞、誇張做作的言論或文章
language that sounds important and impressive but says very little that is true or useful; speech or writing designed to show off rather than to communicate real ideas.
The senator's speech was full of bombast, promising change but offering no real plan.
那位參議員的演說充滿了誇大之言，承諾改變卻提不出任何具體計畫。
collocation: full of bombast
Mei-Lin saw through the CEO's bombast and asked for specific numbers.
Mei-Lin 看穿了 CEO 的誇大之言，要求對方提出具體數字。
collocation: see through [sb]'s bombast
Many voters were tired of the candidate's bombast and wanted honest answers instead.
許多選民厭倦了候選人的誇大之言，寧可聽到誠實的回答。
collocation: tired of [sb]'s bombast
Dr. Okafor preferred plain facts over bombast in his university lectures.
Dr. Okafor 在大學授課時偏好樸實的事實，而非誇大之言。
contrast: plain facts over bombast
The review criticized the article for its bombast and lack of evidence.
該評論批評那篇文章誇大之言太多，證據不足。
- full of bombast
- empty bombast
- political bombast
- rhetorical bombast
- bombast and exaggeration
- pomposity
focuses more on a self-important manner than on the words themselves
- grandiloquence
describes very fancy, learned vocabulary; more formal and less common than bombast
- bluster
suggests noisy, threatening talk rather than showy emptiness
- plain speaking
direct, clear language without decoration
- substance
real meaning or content in what someone says
文法句型
bombast in/of/about [topic]
full of bombast
[person]'s bombast
用法筆記
Uncountable noun — never used in the plural. Strongly disapproving in tone; do not use neutrally. Common in political and media criticism.
常見錯誤
同根字
- bombastic形容詞C1
- bombastically副詞C2