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

• He bullied people by flaunting his powerful connections.
  他狐假虎威欺侮人。
• Therefore, it is better to be the silent root than the flaunting branch for your heart, the one, which hides deeply in the earth, only pursues its own simpleness and richness and isn't befuddled by the mundane world!
  所以，你的心最好不是招摇的枝柯，而是静默的根系，深藏在地下，不为尘世的一切所盅惑，只追求自身的简单和丰富！
• For all his success, he has been wary of flaunting his wealth.
  尽管取得了这么大成就，保尔森却一直不愿炫耀自己的财富。
• Young girls flaunting their newfound wealth in sparkling malls and fast-food restaurants, it is said, are producing a backlash of jealousy and envy from less-well-off men.
  年轻女孩开始在奢华的商场和快餐店里炫耀她们的财富，而这随即催生了一些不那么富裕的男性的敌对性嫉妒心理。
• 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。
• 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。
• Writing is not flaunting your vocabulary.
  写作不是炫耀你的词汇量。
• 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。
• 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？
• Stop flaunting your mini-skirt, you are flaunting your underwear at the same time.
  别再炫耀你的迷你裙了，你连你的内裤都一起炫耀了。