brandished

英 [ˈbrændɪʃt]

美 [ˈbrændɪʃt]

v.  挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞(尤指武器)
brandish的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (威胁地）挥舞（尤指武器）
  If youbrandishsomething, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
  1. He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
     他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。

双语例句

• The president-elect has brandished his reputation for non-partisanship and for a willingness to negotiate.
  这位当选总统一直在炫耀自己的无党派和愿意协商的声誉。
• She had Toby beside her and she brandished his power like a club, attacking all the important studio executives.
  她有托比作靠山，象挥舞着棍棒似的使用他的权利，攻击所有重要的电影制片厂的头头。
• Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons& balancing them badly.
  敏捷而勇敢的陆军军长们挥舞着锋利的刀剑，大口径短枪和大头棒－体差点失去平衡。
• Or the women warlords who fought while on horseback and brandished their swords with the best of them.
  或妇女军阀谁打的同时，在马背上，并挥舞著剑与最好的。
• This may come as a disappointment, but most Viking men brandished scythes, not swords.
  这也许是挺让人失望的一件事，维京男人们最经常使用的不是剑，而是镰刀。
• If a young man had fled the scene of a shooting, brandished a shotgun in an effort to commandeer a vehicle, then ended up in an armed standoff with two police officers, would the cops have been so quick to release him without charges?
  如果挥舞着枪支从枪杀的现场逃离，并试图劫持一辆交通工具逃跑，最后被两个全副武装的警察截住的是个年轻男孩，那么警察还会那么快就放弃指控并将他释放吗？
• They buzzed round the prince and stung his face and hands; angrily he drew his sword and brandished it, but he only touched the air and did not hit the gnats.
  他们嗡嗡轮王子和刺着他的脸和手，他愤怒地把他的剑，挥舞着它，但他只摸到了空气，并没有击中蚊蚋。
• This in the end is the kind of progress or another brandished a knife from the palace then?
  这到底是类型的进步还是另一种挥刀自宫呢？
• When Argentinian referee Horacio Elizondo halted play and then brandished a red card, Gerrard initially thought it was for a Portuguese player.
  当阿根廷主裁判暂停比赛并出示一张红牌，杰拉德最初还认为那是给一名葡萄牙球员。
• The doorman looked a bit puzzled, so I brandished the paperwork under his nose to prove that I was invited. At which point he pointed out, correctly alas, that the invitation clearly stated Tuesday, February 1.
  看门人的表情有点困惑，于是我忙把邀请函送到他鼻子底下，瞧，我受到邀请了！这时他说，邀请函上白纸黑字写着2月1日星期二。