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

• Stand up for your beliefs without flaunting them.
  坚持自己的信念同时并不炫耀。
• 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。
• Of course, those whose wealth is really new are also more interested in flaunting it – or at least buying some of the trappings such as cars, watches, properties and so on.
  当然，那些新富人群也对炫富更感兴趣，或者至少会购买一些炫富类的产品，例如汽车、手表、房产等等。
• Young men are flaunting themselves peacock-style because they are no longer necessarily the economic providers.
  年轻男性如孔雀般地卖弄自己，因为他们不再必须承担经济来源提供者的角色。
• The photo is the second time Rosines has made headlines for allegedly flaunting her family's lavish lifestyle, the first being when she posted a photo of herself meeting pop star Justin Bieber.
  这张照片使罗斯尼斯再次成为头版头条，被骂炫耀奢华的生活。上一次，她上传了和小天王贾斯汀比伯的合照。
• Try you best, but no flaunting your superiority.
  尽力做到最好，但不要逞强。
• 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！
• 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'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？
• 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。