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。
• Ember burning with reeds flaunted to the blue sky.
  芦苇燃烧成灰烬，撒向蔚蓝的苍穹。
• Last month he flaunted both his technical know-how and his flair for self-promotion by emerging as the country's top blogger.
  上月，马西莫夫跃升哈国第一博主，这既夸耀了自己技术知识，也显摆了他的自我推销天资。
• And Samantha flaunted her infidelity.
  莎曼珊炫耀着她的不忠时。
• 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。
• 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。
• He himself has admitted this, saying that he has to some extent flaunted his seniority.
  这一点他自己说了，说是有点摆老资格。
• Though the literary activities and deliberately flaunted unique way of life, the scholars embody the distinction with laity, but their essence has been completely secular. So the odes they are writing out clearly shows the tendency of life and secularization.
  他们与俗人的区别，只是从文学活动与故意标榜的独特的生活方式上体现出来，其精神实质却已完全世俗化了，其创作出来的辞赋作品也明显呈现出生活化、世俗化的倾向。
• They flaunted themselves as of the elect group, but actually most of them are quacks.
  它们标榜自己是出类拔萃的一样，可实际上它们大多数都是假充内行。
• 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。