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★☆☆ swank [swæŋk] ○○○○○ GRE

1.VERB 动词炫耀;吹嘘;卖弄 If someone is swanking, they are speaking about things they own or things they have achieved, in order to impress other people.

【语法信息】：V about n

【语法信息】：Also V

【语用信息】：disapproval

【语域标签】：mainly BRIT 主英

【语域标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

I have always been against swanking about all the things I have been lucky enough to win.我一向不喜欢和别人炫耀自己因为幸运而取得的那些成就。Swank is also a noun.

There was no swank in Martin.马丁从不炫耀自己。

2.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词同 swanky Swank means the same as swanky .

【搭配模式】：usu ADJ n

【语域标签】：INFORMAL 非正式

...a swank new shop on the outskirts of Beijing.北京郊区新开的一家高档时尚商店

informal disapproving verb intransitive

to behave or speak too confidently because you think that you are very important, in order to attract other people's attention and admiration 出风头，夸耀，炫耀，卖弄 Just because you won, there's no need to swank. 没必要因为赢了就四处夸耀。 People around here don't swank about their money. 这里的人不会炫耀自己的钱财。 informal disapproving noun uncountable

behaviour that is too confident 夸耀，炫耀，卖弄 In spite of all his swank, he's never really achieved very much. 虽然他喜欢卖弄，但他从来都没取得多大成就。

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