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

• 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。
• Young men roamed the streets brandishing guns.
  年轻人挥舞着枪在街头游荡。
• Workers buttonhole Mr rice continually, brandishing samples for his approval.
  工人们不断拖住赖斯，向他炫耀样品，请他批准。
• Harry looked bemusedly at the photograph Colin was brandishing under his nose.
  哈利愣愣地看着科林向他挥舞的那张照片。
• Brandishing a cleaver and a knife, and with the body of the victim lying yards away, the man said: We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you.
  画面中，该男子挥舞着砍刀和匕首，站在距离被害人横躺着的身体几码之外说道：我们以万能真主的名义发誓，我们永远不会放弃与你们的抗争。
• 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。
• They sprang about brandishing their spears.
  他们挥舞着长矛跳来跳去。
• He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
  他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。
• Said Ron indignantly, a bit of sausage flying off the fork he was now brandishing at Hermione and hitting Ernie Macmillan on the head. My whole family are blood traitors!
  罗恩气愤地说道，他朝赫敏挥舞着手里的叉子，结果叉子上的一小片香肠飞了出去，砸在厄尼·麦克米兰的脑袋上，我们全家都背叛了自己的血统！
• 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。