swanking

英 [ˈswæŋkɪŋ]

美 [ˈswæŋkɪŋ]

v.  炫耀; 卖弄
swank的现在分词

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

双语例句

• 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。
• Never mind talk of American decline; for the leader of a middle-ranking ally clinging precariously to past glories nothing beats swanking with the most powerful politician on earth.
  别去管什么美国衰落说；对于一个地位不高不低、正摇摇欲坠地抓住往日荣耀的盟国的领导者来说，没有什么比和地球上最具权力的政界人物一起吹嘘炫耀更过瘾了。