单词详解 | show-off

show-off
音标
英音/ ˈʃəʊ ɒf / 美音/ ˈʃoʊ ɔːf /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Citing the stakes of the election, Sowell maintained that a “shoot-from-the-hip, belligerent show-off is the last thing we need or can afford.”
索维尔在谈到选举的利害关系时坚持认为,“鲁莽的、好战的炫耀是我们最不需要或负担不起的事情。”
MSNBC

Laurie alleged Reagan proved to be “an insensitive show-off” in bed.
劳格理称里根在床上表现得“麻木不仁、爱炫耀”。
Fox News

What mattered then was planting a flag and then moving on to some other show-off stunt.
当时重要的是插上一面旗帜,然后继续进行其他一些炫耀的噱头。
Washington Post

基本释意
noun
someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
爱炫耀的人;爱卖弄的人

同义词
exhibitionist,showboat

短释义
It’s important to a show-off that everyone notices them. Whether bragging about their grade on the math test, parading their fancy new hat through the school hallways, or demonstrating their ability to juggle five oranges at once, a show-off really enjoys spectators. The verb show off came first, while the noun appeared around 1920, defined as “a person who makes a deliberate and ostentatious display.”
如果你倾向于吹嘘自己的成就或炫耀自己的财产,那么你就是一个爱炫耀的人。如果您确保艺术课上的每个人都注意到您全新的笔记本电脑,他们会称您为炫耀者。

长释义
It’s important to a show-off that everyone notices them. Whether bragging about their grade on the math test, parading their fancy new hat through the school hallways, or demonstrating their ability to juggle five oranges at once, a show-off really enjoys spectators. The verb show off came first, while the noun appeared around 1920, defined as “a person who makes a deliberate and ostentatious display.”
对于炫耀来说,让每个人都注意到他们很重要。无论是吹嘘自己在数学考试中的成绩,在学校走廊里炫耀自己漂亮的新帽子,还是展示自己同时处理五个橙子的能力,炫耀确实让观众很享受。动词“show off”首先出现,而名词则在 1920 年左右出现,定义为“故意炫耀的人”。

文学例句
It was plain that he was getting a big laugh out of how that show-off squirrel had made such a fool of himself.
显然,他被那只爱炫耀的松鼠出丑的行为逗得哈哈大笑。
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

Many a man builds a grand house for a show-off, when he has verra little to support it.
许多人建造一座宏伟的房子是为了炫耀,但他却几乎没有什么可以支撑的。
The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

But what the collaboration produced is truly remarkable; if there is something of a show-off air about it the authors can be forgiven, in view of what they had to exhibit.
但此次合作所产生的成果确实令人瞩目。考虑到作者必须展示的内容,如果其中有某种炫耀的气氛,作者是可以原谅的。
Three Hours after Marriage by Arbuthnot, John

词源
show-off (n.)1776, “a display,” from the verbal phrase, attested by 1793 as “make a conspicuous and obvious display;” see show (v.) + off (adv.). From 1801 as “a deliberate and ostentatious display;” in reference to the person who makes such a display, attested from 1924. The noun showing-off “ostentatious display” is from 1874.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
show-off (n.)1776,“展示”,来自动词短语,1793 年证实为“进行显着且明显的展示;”参见显示(v.)+关闭(adv.)。从 1801 年开始,被称为“故意和炫耀的展示”;指进行此类展示的人,自 1924 年起得到证明。炫耀“炫耀性展示”的名词来自 1874 年。相关条目及更多


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