flaunting
present participle offlaunt
| 单词 | flaunting |
| 释义 | flaunting present participle offlaunt flaunt verb[T] disapprovinguk/flɔːnt/us/flɑːnt/to show or makeobvioussomething you areproudof inorderto getadmiration: He's got a lot ofmoneybut he doesn't flaunt it. Flavio was flaunting histanin apairofwhitetrunks. flauntyourself UK to showyourbodyin aconfidentandsexualmanner Showing and demonstrating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off Examplesofflauntingflaunting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The movement's activism required theflauntingof the antinomian way in society rather than hermitic withdrawal, yet it lacked a progressivist ethic. From theCambridge English Corpus This man has read everything, but it all appears in a pertinent, scholarly manner, without pedantry orflauntingfashionableness. From theCambridge English Corpus Purchasing this volume rewards theflauntingof basic professional standards. From theCambridge English Corpus Byflauntingthe non-realistic choral actions on stage, it opens a rift between representational realism and - something else. From theCambridge English Corpus The world's motor manufacturers, the oil companies and the large architectural practices areflauntingtheir new-found commitment to what they call sustainability, but are they the 'movement'? From theCambridge English Corpus The entire story of the conquistadors is an object lesson in what can be achieved by taking colossal risks, byflauntingmeagre resources in the face of unbelievable odds. From theCambridge English Corpus I was recently at a film festival, and you should have seen the heterosexualsflauntingthemselves on the beach and along the promenades. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is his party, despite itsflauntingof its moral position, which seeks to hand over television to the private entrepreneur. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is aflauntingwhich is done to create hostility and to lead, amongst other things, to public disorder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 With all the difficulties with which we are confronted, there should not be thisflauntingby those who are lucky enough to have money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are going to revere the flag, do not let us do it byflauntingit in the face of other nations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is thatflauntingof privilege in the face of deprivation that so damages people's trust and confidence in the system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the things that might happen to the country is theflauntingof wealth as against poverty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was wondering whether he was making that frantic appeal to his own constituents when he was talking about theflauntingof wealth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not carrying out the principles of democracy, but isflauntingthe principles of democracy, and there ought to be some safeguard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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