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

• 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。
• He openly flaunted his affection for his sister.
  他公然标榜他对他妹妹的友爱。
• 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。
• And Samantha flaunted her infidelity.
  莎曼珊炫耀着她的不忠时。
• It's really tough for him and his family to see their intimate problems flaunted everywhere.
  这对他很艰难，他和他的家庭会看到他们的私人问题被到处宣扬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。