flaunted

英 [ˈflɔːntɪd]

美 [ˈflɔːntɪd]

v.  炫耀; 夸示; 夸耀; 卖弄; (性感地)招摇过市
flaunt的过去分词和过去式

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 openly flaunted his affection for his sister.
  他公然标榜他对他妹妹的友爱。
• He proudly flaunted the fruits of his labour during the concert, showing off a well-toned torso.
  在演唱会中，他自豪地炫耀劳动成果，炫耀好听但还未完成的作品。
• Always banging on how he brought his kid up, you know, to be like a little pit bull. He proudly flaunted the fruits of his labour during the concert, showing off a well-toned torso.
  总是炫耀他养出来的好孩子，就像炫耀一只美洲犬在演唱会中，他自豪地炫耀劳动成果，炫耀好听但还未完成的作品。
• A young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress.
  在二十世纪二十年代炫耀她非传统的行为和衣着的年青女子。
• She flaunted the school rules by not wearing the proper uniform.
  她不穿规定的校服，以示对校规的藐视。
• The 19-year-old flaunted a present wrapped with rainbow ribbon, a pair of toe-socks in the bright rainbow colours and even an apron with Gay Icon emblazoned across the front.
  这位19岁的明星炫耀他得到的一系列彩虹主题的礼物，用彩虹丝带包装的礼物，一双彩虹色的五指袜，甚至一条彩虹色前面写着GayIcon的围裙。
• And Samantha flaunted her infidelity.
  莎曼珊炫耀着她的不忠时。
• Ember burning with reeds flaunted to the blue sky.
  芦苇燃烧成灰烬，撒向蔚蓝的苍穹。
• WITH an unprecedented display of its rapidly growing naval armoury, China has flaunted its ambitions as a global power.
  通过一次史无前例的，它迅速发展的海军装备的展示，中国高调表明了它作为全球大国的雄心。
• Erect, haughty, brilliant, he flaunted abroad in open day the superhuman bestiality of a ferocious archangel.
  他挺身直立，气派雄豪，威风凛凛，把个勇猛天神的超人淫威布满了天空。