swank

英 [swæŋk]

美 [swæŋk]

v.  炫耀; 卖弄

现在分词：swanking　过去式：swanked　第三人称单数：swanks　过去分词：swanked　

GRE

BNC.42012 / COCA.22366

牛津词典

verb

• 炫耀；卖弄
  to behave in way that is too proud or confident

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

英英释义

noun

• elegance by virtue of being fashionable
  Synonym:chicchicnesschichimodishnesssmartnessstylishnesslast word

verb

• display proudly
  1. he showed off his new sports car
  Synonym:flauntflashshow offostentate

adj

• imposingly fashionable and elegant
  1. a swank apartment
  Synonym:swanky

双语例句

• In1999, Swank was chosen for Boys Don't Cry, and the month she spent living as a boy ( as her own fictional brother, James) before the filming paid off.
  1999年，斯万卡被选中饰演《男孩不哭》。在电影开拍前的一个月，她像男孩一样生活了一个月（想象她是自己的兄弟，詹姆斯），电影开拍后获得了成功。
• Hilary Swank has done movie characters based on real people before; but the actress found playing "Amelia" especially challenging.
  希拉蕊之前就曾饰演真人的角色；但这位女星发觉演“阿米莉亚”特别具挑战性。
• In spite of all his swank, he's never really achieved very much.
  虽然他派头摆得很大，可实际上从未获得多大成就。
• In high school, Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank was an excellent athlete.
  ？？奥斯卡奖得主希拉里-斯万克在读高中时是一位优秀的运动员。
• Homeport: In the middle of Gangnam, Seoul's finance center, is the swank, ultramodern Park Hyatt Seoul.
  在首尔的金融中心江南区的中部，是超现代化的首尔柏悦饭店。
• It was Swank's judgment that he had become irrelevant.
  斯旺克的评价是，此人已无足轻重了。
• At least it is to David Carter, a renowned English designer who recently turned his Queen Anne townhouse into a swank boutique hotel in the heart of London.
  至少它对于大卫卡特是这样的，著名的英国设计师，他最近在伦敦市中心的精品酒店炫耀他的安妮女王排屋。
• Beirut has super-cool clubs, swank restaurants, cool underground jazz joints, tip-top designer-clothes shopping and even a friendly, familiar Starbucks or two. Photo: AP.
  贝鲁特有超级酷的酒吧，优雅的餐厅，冷酷的爵士会馆，顶尖的设计师的服装商店，还有友好，亲切的星巴克咖啡。
• Nor is it the swank corporate headquarters, the four-month maternity leave, or an obsessive devotion to philanthropy.
  针对此次榜单，卓越工作场所研究院（GreatPlacetoWorkInstitute，负责员工调查）共从这家公司收集了62页超过40000字未经过滤的员工意见，并经过《财富》杂志审核。
• On the New Developmental Tendency of the Basic Education in Computer Swank
  论计算机基础教育发展的新阶段