swank

英 [swæŋk]

美 [swæŋk]

v.  炫耀; 卖弄

现在分词：swanking　过去式：swanked　第三人称单数：swanks　过去分词：swanked　

GRE

BNC.42012 / COCA.22366

牛津词典

verb

• 炫耀；卖弄
  to behave in way that is too proud or confident

柯林斯词典

• VERB 炫耀;吹嘘;卖弄
  If someoneis swanking, they are speaking about things they own or things they have achieved, in order to impress other people.
  1. I have always been against swanking about all the things I have been lucky enough to win.
     我一向不喜欢和别人炫耀自己因为幸运而取得的那些成就。
  2. Swankis also a noun.
     
  3. There was no swank in Martin.
     马丁从不炫耀自己。
• ADJ-GRADED 同 swanky
  Swankmeans the same asswanky.
  1. ...a swank new shop on the outskirts of Beijing.
     北京郊区新开的一家高档时尚商店

英英释义

noun

• elegance by virtue of being fashionable
  Synonym:chicchicnesschichimodishnesssmartnessstylishnesslast word

verb

• display proudly
  1. he showed off his new sports car
  Synonym:flauntflashshow offostentate

adj

• imposingly fashionable and elegant
  1. a swank apartment
  Synonym:swanky

双语例句

• Transformation is all part of the job as far as Hilary Swank is concerned.
  对于希拉里。斯万克而言，转变形象是她一直都在做的事情。
• In1999, Swank was chosen for Boys Don't Cry, and the month she spent living as a boy ( as her own fictional brother, James) before the filming paid off.
  1999年，斯万卡被选中饰演《男孩不哭》。在电影开拍前的一个月，她像男孩一样生活了一个月（想象她是自己的兄弟，詹姆斯），电影开拍后获得了成功。
• Nor is it the swank corporate headquarters, the four-month maternity leave, or an obsessive devotion to philanthropy.
  针对此次榜单，卓越工作场所研究院（GreatPlacetoWorkInstitute，负责员工调查）共从这家公司收集了62页超过40000字未经过滤的员工意见，并经过《财富》杂志审核。
• Just because you won, there's no need to swank.
  就算你赢了也投什么可炫耀的。
• Hilary Swank plays Maggie in Million Dollar Baby.
  布拉里？斯万克在《百万宝贝》中扮演麦琪。
• Hilary Swank won an Oscar for best actress in a leading role for boys don't cry in2000 and Golden Globe for best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama in the same year and for the same movie.
  希拉里斯万卡在影片《男孩不哭》中饰演主角获得了2000年奥斯卡最佳女主角，而且，同年同部影片获得了金球奖剧情片最佳女主角。
• Swank is also an athlete.
  斯万卡还是个运动员。
• Beirut has super-cool clubs, swank restaurants, cool underground jazz joints, tip-top designer-clothes shopping and even a friendly, familiar Starbucks or two. Photo: AP.
  贝鲁特有超级酷的酒吧，优雅的餐厅，冷酷的爵士会馆，顶尖的设计师的服装商店，还有友好，亲切的星巴克咖啡。
• In spite of all his swank, he's never really achieved very much.
  虽然他派头摆得很大，可实际上从未获得多大成就。
• It was Swank's judgment that he had become irrelevant.
  斯旺克的评价是，此人已无足轻重了。