show-off

英 [ˈʃəʊ ɒf]

美 [ˈʃoʊ ɔːf]

n.  爱炫耀的人; 喜欢卖弄的人

复数：show-offs　

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 爱炫耀的人；喜欢卖弄的人
  a person who tries to impress other people by showing how good he or she is at doing sth

柯林斯词典

• 爱卖弄的人;爱炫耀的人
  If you say that someone is ashow-off, you are criticizing them for trying to impress people by showing in a very obvious way what they can do or what they own.

英英释义

noun

• someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
  Synonym:exhibitionist

双语例句

• Go ahead and wear our set of three hat pins and show-off your sassy style sense.
  戴上这款三个小帽子的胸针能够完全展现出您时尚的气息。
• Currently, most of the existing dissertation targeting at college students 'show-off consumption behaviors are based on more theoretical discussions than directed and quantitative research. As a result, the relative coping strategies and measures are rather void and meaningless.
  目前，大部分针对高校学生炫耀消费行为研究的论文以理论探讨为主，定量的研究较少，研究提出的应对策略也过于空泛。
• The characteristics of value and lifestyle can be reflected by seven factors including show-off factor, family factor, personality factor, career factor, stability factor, investment factor and enjoyment factor.
  研究认为，价值与生活方式的特征可以由炫耀因子、家庭因子、个性因子、事业因子、稳定因子、投资因子、享乐因子等7类因子体现。
• He was a liar, a cheat, a show-off.
  他偷拐抢骗，样样精通。
• This doesnt mean that you behave like a total wonk. You dont have to show-off your intelligence all the time.
  这并不意味着你要像个书呆子一样去做，你不必时时炫耀你的智商。
• Though that is only a plan, he self-deprecatingly says, not wanting to look a show-off.
  不过，这只是个计划，他谦虚地说道，不希望看上去在吹牛。
• The sentences still form in my mind, and thoughts still do their little show-off dance, but I know my thought patterns so well now that they don't bother me anymore.
  词句仍在我的脑子里成形，思维仍卖弄风骚地手舞足蹈，但我现在已经十分熟悉自己的思维模式，不再受到干扰。
• One of my favorite show-off tricks is to do a complete bare-metal system rebuild, using only a Tom's Root Boot disk and an Internet connection.
  我最喜欢表演的戏法是只用一张Tom的RootBoot盘和网络连接完成裸机系统的重建。
• His classmates called him a show-off because of his bumptious airs.
  由于他老是装出一副自以为是的架势，所以同学们就叫他自大的夜郎。
• One might ask why, other than sci-fi show-off value, one would wish to replace a clicker with hand gestures.
  有人可能会问，除了科幻小说式炫耀的价值，人们有什么理由希望用手势代替遥控器。