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

• 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。
• 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？
• Flaunting yourself in front of the television cameras?
  在电视台摄影机面前招摇吗？
• 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。
• Stand up for your beliefs without flaunting them.
  坚持自己的信念同时并不炫耀。
• He bullied people by flaunting his powerful connections.
  他狐假虎威欺侮人。
• 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。
• Try you best, but no flaunting your superiority.
  尽力做到最好，但不要逞强。
• She is fond of flaunting her superiority before her friends and schoolmates.
  她好在朋友和同学面前逞强。