flaunting

英 [ˈflɔːntɪŋ]

美 [ˈflɔːntɪŋ]

v.  炫耀; 夸示; 夸耀; 卖弄; (性感地)招摇过市
flaunt的现在分词

现在分词：flaunting　

BNC.44642 / COCA.43706

柯林斯词典

• VERB 炫耀;夸耀;卖弄
  If you say that someoneflauntstheir possessions, abilities, or qualities, you mean that they display them in a very obvious way, especially in order to try to obtain other people's admiration.
  1. They drove around in Rolls-Royces, openly flaunting their wealth...
     他们开着劳斯莱斯到处转悠，公开炫耀他们的财富。
  2. One secret he learned very early on was not to flaunt his success.
     他很早就学到的一个秘诀就是不要夸耀自己的成功。
• VERB 招摇过市;卖弄性感;搔首弄姿
  If you say that someoneis flauntingthemselves, you disapprove of them because they are behaving in a very confident way, or in a way that is intended to attract sexual attention.
  1. She's asking for trouble, flaunting herself like that. Did you see the way Major Winston was looking at her?
     她那么招摇，真是在自找麻烦。看到温斯顿少校看她的样子了吗？
  2. ...tourists flaunting themselves in front of the castle guards in bra and shorts.
     穿着文胸和短裤在城堡卫兵面前招摇卖弄的游客们

双语例句

• She's asking for trouble, flaunting herself like that. Did you see the way Major Winston was looking at her?
  她那么招摇，真是在自找麻烦。看到温斯顿少校看她的样子了吗？
• We were caught completely off guard, stupefied by the film's unabashed flaunting of wealth, glamor, and male power passed off as what women want. Its vulgar and utter lack of self-awareness is astonishing, but perhaps not too surprising.
  这部电影明目张胆地将财富、魅力和男权主义标榜为女人最想要的东西，境界之低俗，自大之程度令人猝不及防瞠目结舌，但这也许又不那么令人意外。
• Flaunting their independence guaranteed in an EU treaty ECB officials were asked repeatedly what they planned. They never gave a straight answer.
  标榜自身独立性（这得到了一项欧盟条约的保障）的欧洲央行官员，屡次被问及他们计划怎么做，但他们从未给出直接的答案。
• The temptation is to act tough to cover up the doubts by, for example, flaunting nuclear capabilities.
  因此，对俄罗斯来说，通过炫耀核能力等强硬手段掩盖疑虑，是一个有诱惑力的选项。
• Writing is not flaunting your vocabulary.
  写作不是炫耀你的词汇量。
• Nice cars and fancy watches have quickly gone from signs of prestige worthy of flaunting to evidence of corruption to be hidden away.
  豪华汽车和高档手表已从值得炫耀的名望象征，很快变成需要隐藏的腐败证据。
• However, we do know this: He's a splendid specimen of mankind with a knack for flaunting his fabulous Photoshop skills.
  不过我们了解的是：他是一位特别赞的人类同胞代表，懂得如何炫耀自己超棒的PS技术。
• Prosperous Chinese are less shy about flaunting their wealth than people in other countries.
  富裕起来的中国人在挥舞钱财时，不像其他国家的人那么羞涩。
• She is fond of flaunting her superiority before her friends and schoolmates.
  她好在朋友和同学面前逞强。
• By flaunting their clothes and outrageous hair-styles, young people flout the authority of their elders.
  年轻人借着夸耀自己的衣着和怪异的发型，无视长辈们的权威。