brandish

英 [ˈbrændɪʃ]

美 [ˈbrændɪʃ]

v.  挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞(尤指武器)

现在分词：brandishing　过去式：brandished　第三人称单数：brandishes　过去分词：brandished　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14173 / COCA.13627

牛津词典

verb

• 挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞（尤指武器）
  to hold or wave sth, especially a weapon, in an aggressive or excited way

柯林斯词典

• VERB (威胁地）挥舞（尤指武器）
  If youbrandishsomething, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
  1. He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
     他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。

英英释义

noun

• the act of waving
  Synonym:flourish

verb

• move or swing back and forth
  1. She waved her gun
  Synonym:flourishwave
• exhibit aggressively
  1. brandish a sword

双语例句

• Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel* Which smoked with bloody execution. we're fingermen, pal.
  不以命运的喜怒为意，挥舞着他的血腥的宝剑。
• Analyze the racket grasp style, footwork, and the course of lead and brandish of the two baseline drives respectively, and compare the techniques and bio-mechanical characteristics between.
  分析两种不同网球底线击球技术的握拍法、步法和引拍挥拍的运动轨迹，比较它们的技术特点及其生物力学特征。
• Scholar Wu Jiaxiang uses the Chinese expression, which literally means baring fangs and brandish paws, to describe the image.
  学者吴稼祥用中国成语张牙舞爪来形容这条龙的形象。
• While the EU has promised unprecedented economic aid to Israel and the Palestinians if they make peace, it has shown increasing willingness to brandish the economic stick, too.
  虽然欧盟承诺，如果巴以修好，它将向以色列和巴勒斯坦人提供空前的经济援助，但它也越发表现出挥舞经济大棒的意愿。
• Come on together! Brandish the florid youth together!
  一起舞动绚丽的青春吧！
• One person said Mr. Wang's work on the South China Sea appeared to be an effort to brandish his political credentials, showing political higher-ups he could defend Beijing's interests in one of the region's most volatile disputes.
  一位人士说，王宜林在南中国海的举动似乎是为了展示他的政治资本，向高层证明他可以在地区内最变幻不定的一场争端之中维护北京的利益。
• To start with, they considered and discussed Brandish, rising young lawyer, and Fulton, rising young dentist.
  他们首先把两个人提上了议事日程，他们是正在崛起的年轻律师布雷迪什和年轻牙医福尔顿。
• Future, clean out treasure to will be Ma Yun this one new promise and to global market brandish Shi Ting is entered.
  未来，淘宝将为马云这一新的诺言而向全球市场挥师挺进。
• To stop the run on Italian sovereign debt, policymakers need to brandish much bigger weapons than what they have yet come close to mobilising.
  要阻止意大利主权债务遭到抛售，政策制定者需要拿出远比他们即将动用的更大型的武器。
• I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with horror because of you when I brandish my sword before them.
  我在许多国民和君王面前向你抡我的刀、国民就必因你惊奇、君王也必因你极其恐慌。