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小词详解 | flaunt
flaunt 英 [flɔːnt] 美 [flɔːnt]
It advertised partnerships with China’s biggest banks and flaunted its connections with the government, including endorsements from officials who pledged to support it.
它宣称与中国最大的几家银行合作,又标榜有政府背景,包括得到官员站台承诺支持。
——《经济学人》This former Portuguese colony perpetually flaunts its frenetic side.
这个昔日的葡萄牙殖民地一直在永不停息地炫耀着自己疯狂的一面。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 招摇地炫耀(某物),特别是为了引起嫉妒、羡慕或表现出蔑视
她公开夸耀自己与现任总统的恋情。
She openly flaunted her affair with the incumbent president.他们开着劳斯莱斯到处转悠,公开炫耀和大肆挥霍他们的财富。
They drove around in Rolls-Royces, openly flaunting and squandering their wealth.
If you've got it, flaunt it.
有什么能耐施展出来瞧瞧。
她那么招摇,真是在自找麻烦。
She's asking for trouble, flaunting herself like that.
Laces and silks and braid and ribbons, all blockade run, all the more precious and more proudly worn because of it, finery flaunted with an added pride as an extra affront to the Yankees.
花边,绸缎,辫绳,丝带,所有这些都是偷过封锁线进口的,因此显得更加珍贵,穿戴起来也更加自豪,何况炫耀这样的华丽装饰可以作为对北方佬的一种特殊侮辱,会更加使人感到骄傲。
出自美国作家玛格丽特·米切尔(Margaret Mitchell)创作的长篇小说《飘》(Gone with the Wind)。该小说在1937年获得普利策奖,是玛格丽特·米切尔在世时出版的唯一一部作品。不但它成为美国史上最为畅销的小说之一,而且由这部小说所改编的同名电影《乱世佳人》也成为影史上不朽的经典。
tout: attempt to persuade people of the merits of (someone or something) parade: display (something) publicly in order to impress or attract attention flourish: (of a person) wave (something) around to attract the attention of others