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

• 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。
• They sprang high into the air brandishing their spears.
  他们腾空高高跃起，挥舞着长矛。
• 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。
• Those who believe in the High God, the God may grant salvation via his heralds, sword with luminous flames brandishing.
  信奉至高之神的人，神会派遣他的使者，挥动着光焰之剑去救赎他们。
• While visiting a beach in the south of France one day, Pablo Picasso was approached by a small boy brandishing a blank sheet of paper.
  有一天，毕加索去到法国南部的沙滩上，有个小男孩手挥舞一张白纸，向他走来。
• 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。
• As with those wristbands, today's ethical consumers parade their virtue, brandishing their bright red American Express cards, flaunting the labels on their eco-friendly clothes and driving around in their hybrid cars instead of just taking the bus.
  就像慈善腕带一样，今天的良知消费者大张旗鼓地宣扬他们的良好品德，炫耀其闪闪发光的RED标志美国运通卡，展示生态服装上的标签，驾驶混合动力车满世界游荡而不是去乘坐公共汽车。
• 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。
• However, one gay-rights groups reacted with fury, brandishing the app "ridiculous and horrifying".
  然而，一个同性恋者权利团体则愤慨地抨击这款手机软件既可笑又可怕。
• He also shows how Britain, by brandishing naval power, was able to prevent America from taking over British Columbia.
  钮金先生叙述了英国如何凭借海军力量阻止美国占领英属哥伦比亚。