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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You can't miss the rippling muscles on his forearms, and a buff body that he has flaunted often on screen.
  你不会不注意到他前臂上起伏的肌肉以及经常在荧幕上展现的黝黄的身体。
• 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。
• And Samantha flaunted her infidelity.
  莎曼珊炫耀着她的不忠时。
• 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。
• 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。
• He claimed his wife had flaunted her infidelity.
  他声称他的妻子曾在人前夸耀过自己的不忠。
• 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。