em·bold·en
verb/ɪmˈbəʊldən/
/ɪmˈbəʊldən/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they embolden | /ɪmˈbəʊldən/ /ɪmˈbəʊldən/ |
| he / she / it emboldens | /ɪmˈbəʊldənz/ /ɪmˈbəʊldənz/ |
| past simple emboldened | /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ |
| past participle emboldened | /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ /ɪmˈbəʊldənd/ |
| -ing form emboldening | /ɪmˈbəʊldənɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbəʊldənɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] (formal) to make somebody feel braver or more confident
使增加勇气；使更有胆量；使更有信心 - (be) emboldened by something Emboldened by her friendly smile, he went over to talk to her.
受到她友好的微笑的鼓舞，他走过去和她说话。 - be emboldened to do something With such a majority, the administration was emboldened to introduce radical new policies.
政府有了这大多数人的支持，才敢推行激进的新政策。
- (be) emboldened by something Emboldened by her friendly smile, he went over to talk to her.
- embolden something (specialist) to make a piece of text appear in bold print
将（文本）变成粗体