Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense flaunts, present participle flaunting, past tense, past participle flaunted
1VERB 炫耀;夸耀;卖弄 If you say that someone flaunts their 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. 炫耀;夸耀;卖弄 [disapproval]
They drove around in Rolls-Royces, openly flaunting their wealth. [VERB noun]
他们开着劳斯莱斯到处转悠,公开炫耀他们的财富。
One secret he learned very early on was not to flaunt his success. [VERB noun]
他很早就学到的一个秘诀就是不要夸耀自己的成功。
2VERB 招摇过市;卖弄性感;搔首弄姿 If you say that someone is 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. 招摇过市;卖弄性感;搔首弄姿 [disapproval]
She's asking for trouble, flaunting herself like that. Did you see the way Major Winston was looking at her? [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
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?
...tourists flaunting themselves in front of the castle guards in bra and shorts. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤openly, proudly公開/驕傲地誇耀◇openly flaunting their wealth公開炫耀他們的財富PREPOSITION➤in front of在⋯面前誇耀◇She flaunted her success in front of the others.她在他人面前炫耀自己的成功。