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

• 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。
• China made a fool of the west during the global economic crisis, flaunting high growth while western countries languished – and Beijing is not letting anyone forget that.
  在全球经济危机期间，中国在西方国家的痛苦中夸耀自己的高增长，很是嘲笑了西方一番&而且他们不会让任何人忘记这一点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He bullied people by flaunting his powerful connections.
  他狐假虎威欺侮人。
• From all their flaunting and arrogance.
  远离他们的招摇和傲慢。
• 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！
• 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？