每天三分钟学英语 第316期:英文"显摆"和"炫耀"怎么说?

 　　情景对话：

　　I just don't think a professional woman should have to flaunt¹ her sexuality in order to get ahead.

　　知识点讲解：

　　Flaunt

　　炫耀

　　【例句一】

　　I don't like people who feel the need to flaunt their wealth.

　　我不喜欢那些喜欢炫耀财富的人。

　　flaunt one's wealth

　　炫耀财富

　　【例句二】

　　Every time she gets a chance, Jane will flaunt her knowledge even though most of the time she's wrong.

　　每次有机会，Jane都会炫耀学识，虽然大多数时候她都是错的。

　　Show off

　　炫耀，显摆

　　【例句一】

　　Look at Julie. She just got a new bag and is showing it off.

　　看看Julie，她刚买了个新包，正在显摆呢。

　　show it off

　　show off sth

　　【例句二】

　　Don't be a show off. Put your money away.

　　别这么炫耀啊。你赶快把钱收起来。

　　What a show off!

　　太显摆了！

　　Flash

　　炫耀（口语表达）

　　【例句一】

　　Yes, we all know you got an iPhone 6s. You don't need to flash it every time you pick it up.

　　我们知道你买了个iPhone 6s，你也不用每次接电话的时候都炫耀吧。

　　【例句二】

　　Valerie's flashing her new jewelry² her boyfriend just bought her.

　　Valerie在炫耀她男朋友刚给她买的珠宝。

　　Boast

　　自夸

　　【例句】

　　Are you still boasting about winning that math competition? That was like 5 years ago.

　　你还在自吹自擂赢了数学比赛那件事啊？都是5年前的事了。

　　Brag³

　　自夸，吹牛

　　【例句一】

　　Not a brag, I got an A in English.

　　不是我吹牛哦，我刚英语考试得了个A.

　　not a brag

　　不是我自夸

　　【例句二】

　　Can you please stop bragging⁴ about how great your life is? It's kind of sad.

　　你能别再吹自己活得多好了吗？都有点可悲了。

　　【例句三】

　　Every time he beats me in this game, he has to brag about it to all our friends.

　　每次他在游戏里打败我，他都要跟所有的朋友吹牛一番。

　　Be full of oneself

　　自大，总是自吹自擂

　　【例句一】

　　A: I always get the clients.

　　我总是能得到客户。

　　B: Don't be so full of yourself.

　　别那么自大。

　　【例句二】

　　You're full of yourself. You really do think you're the best don't you?

　　你太自大了，你总觉得自己是最好的对不？

1 flaunt   

vt.夸耀，夸饰

参考例句：

• His behavior was an outrageous flaunt.他的行为是一种无耻的炫耀。
• Why would you flaunt that on a public forum?为什么你们会在公共论坛大肆炫耀？

2 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

3 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。

4 bragging   

v.自夸，吹嘘( brag的现在分词 )；大话

参考例句：

• He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer. 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。 来自辞典例句
• Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. 这就是夸口，亲爱的。你明知道你不必吹。 来自辞典例句