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bravura

\bruh-VYUR-uh; brah-; -VUR-\ , noun:
1.A florid, brilliant style of music that emphasizes the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.
2.A showy or brilliant display.
名词 n.
1.【音】令人赞赏的演唱或演奏技巧
2.大胆的尝试
形容词 a.
1.难演唱或演奏的;善于演唱或演奏困难乐段的

Quotes:
But it was not just the bravura of his self-expression that gave him such a hold on his contemporaries.
~Peter Ackroyd, "Oscar Wilde: Comedy as Tragedy,", New York Times, November 1, 1987
The straightforward narrative account is set down with old-fashioned punctilio in prose of classic distinction, singularly free of bravura, and marked by the hard clarity of outline that is one of Waugh's several manners.
~Charles A. Brady, "Figure of Grace", New York Times, January 24, 1960
With his customary display of dramatic bravura, Sir Alan Ayckbourn is giving us twin comedies about a village fete and staging them simultaneously in each of the National's big, adjacent auditoriums.
~Benedict Nightingale, "Witches of Updike Flying to London", New York Times, March 12, 2000

Origin:
Bravura comes from the Italian, from bravo, "brave, excellent."