| 词汇 | show off |
| 释义 | show offshow off phrasal verbphr v a) SHOW OFFto try to make people admire your abilities, achievements, or possessions – used to show disapproval 炫耀，卖弄，表现自己〔含贬义〕 → show-off He couldn’t resist showing off on the tennis court. 他忍不住要在网球场上表现一番。 b) show something ↔ offSHOW OFF to show something to a lot of people because you are very proud of it 夸耀某物，炫耀某物 a picture of the restaurant’s owners showing off their award 餐馆老板炫耀奖品的一张照片 c) show something ↔ offSUIT/LOOK GOOD TOGETHER if one thing shows off something else, it makes the other thing look especially attractive 使某物显得漂亮，衬托某物 SYN complement The white dress showed off her dark skin beautifully. 白色的裙子把她黝黑的皮肤衬托得很漂亮。 Examples from the Corpus show off• She raised her wrist, showing off a sparkling diamond bracelet.• Billy, please stop showing off and sit down quietly!• He doesn't usually drive as fast as this. He's just showing off because you're here.• At last, this was a chance to show off her talents before a real audience.• I think he was trying to show off in front of the girls.• He wanted to show his daughter off to everybody.• We used to wear as much make-up as we dared, in order to show off to our friends. → show off at show1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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