brandishing

英 [ˈbrændɪʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈbrændɪʃɪŋ]

v.  挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞(尤指武器)
brandish的现在分词

现在分词：brandishing　

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。

双语例句

• One poster showed the actress crouching and holding a gun pointing upward while the other showed her lying on her back across a car's hood, brandishing guns.
  其中一张海报中的茱丽持枪半蹲，枪口指向上方；另一张中茱丽则拿着手枪，躺在发目的盖上。
• Goldman has been reduced to brandishing the letter of the law and insisting that it adhered to market practice, which is not the same as ethical principle.
  高盛已经沦落到挥舞着法律条文，坚称自己符合市场惯例的地步，这与道德准则不是一回事。
• Two soldiers were holding him, while two others were brandishing supple twigs and bringing them down at regular intervals on the man's bare back. The man shrieked unnaturally.
  两名士兵捉住他，另外两名挥动着柔软的树条，有节奏地抽挞着他的裸露的背脊，受惩罚的人异乎寻常地吼叫。
• Brandishing the rhetoric of inviolable property rights and the fear of property devaluation, the opponents of fair housing posed a formidable challenge.
  公平住房的反对者们鼓吹着神圣产权的辨词和财产贬值的恐惧，制造了一场难以对付的挑战。
• Young men roamed the streets brandishing guns.
  年轻人挥舞着枪在街头游荡。
• The men burst in wearing balaclavas and brandishing sawn-off shotguns.
  头戴遮脸盔式帽、挥舞着短管猎枪的几名男子冲了进来。
• Suddenly several teenagers appeared brandishing guns – they threw us to the ground and tied us up.
  突然，几个青年人冒了出来，手里挥舞着手枪。他们将我们撂倒在地，然后绑了起来。
• Three masked men speaking Serbian and brandishing assault weapons ambush the car.
  三个讲塞尔维亚语的蒙面男子挥动着进攻性武器伏击了警车。
• They sprang high into the air brandishing their spears.
  他们腾空高高跃起，挥舞着长矛。
• But before you get too excited and start brandishing labels like freak, you should take a closer look at the numbers on shower-peeing frequency.
  但先别兴奋或是急于给人贴上怪胎的标签，你应该再仔细瞧一瞧人们在淋浴时小便的频率。