英语词汇“flaunt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Flaunt is "to display proudly or show off," like when you flaunt your new Italian leather jacket by wearing it to the beach and pretending you're cold to make sure everyone sees it.

Although we love it when a peacock flaunts his colorful feathers, when a person does the same thing we feel bad. Flaunt is like bragging, which can bum people out because they don't have whatever you're showing off, like that cool jacket. When rich people flaunt their wealth by speeding past you in their limo, they may as well splash a mud puddle on your white clothes. Leave the flaunting for peacocks and stars in bad reality TV shows.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

flaunt / flout

Flaunt is to show off, but flout is to ignore the rules. Rebels do both — they flaunt their new pink motorcycles by popping a wheelie, and flout the law by running a red light.

Flaunt means to work it, to preen like a peacock. You could flaunt your new Harley, your wealth, or even your bright colors:

Prosperous Chinese are less shy about flaunting their wealth than people in other countries. (Economist)

Daffodils flaunted golden cups at their more gorgeous neighbors, the tulips. (Lucy Foster Madison)

Flout, on the other hand, means to show a blatant disregard or contempt for. If you scoff when told what to do, you flout the rules. Here are some rules being flouted in the news:

In other words, the euro zone is based on a gentleman's agreement that's widely flouted. (Salon)

Baseball's rulebook is routinely ignored, flouted and evaded. (New York Times)

The problem is that people use flout to mean flaunt. If you mix up the words in the sentences above, the meaning changes. It would be weird to flout your wealth or your golden color. Garner's Modern American Usage identifies this error at widespread: it can be seen in the writing of well-educated people. However, Garner advises (and we concur) that the distinction between flaunt and flout be preserved.

WORD FAMILY

flaunt: flaunted, flaunting, flaunts, flaunty+/flaunty: flauntily

USAGE EXAMPLES

You want to teach her to be comfortable in the “just being” zone, which means she’s mindful of flaunting and resistant to hiding.

Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016)

Perhaps for some, flaunting one's wealth is a desirable way to get away from it all.

New York Times(Apr 23, 2016)

Not just because they fancy Cumberbatch or get weak knees over that flaunting of mental dexterity.

The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016)

1v display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

flash, ostentate, show off, swank

flex

exhibit the strength of

splurge

be showy or ostentatious

display, exhibit, expose

to show, make visible or apparent

2n the act of displaying something ostentatiously

his behavior was an outrageous flaunt

Hyper

display

exhibiting openly in public view

单词	flaunt
释义	flaunt (once / 2223 pages) vn Flaunt is "to display proudly or show off," like when you flaunt your new Italian leather jacket by wearing it to the beach and pretending you're cold to make sure everyone sees it. Although we love it when a peacock flaunts his colorful feathers, when a person does the same thing we feel bad. Flaunt is like bragging, which can bum people out because they don't have whatever you're showing off, like that cool jacket. When rich people flaunt their wealth by speeding past you in their limo, they may as well splash a mud puddle on your white clothes. Leave the flaunting for peacocks and stars in bad reality TV shows. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS flaunt / flout Flaunt is to show off, but flout is to ignore the rules. Rebels do both — they flaunt their new pink motorcycles by popping a wheelie, and flout the law by running a red light. Flaunt means to work it, to preen like a peacock. You could flaunt your new Harley, your wealth, or even your bright colors: Prosperous Chinese are less shy about flaunting their wealth than people in other countries. (Economist) Daffodils flaunted golden cups at their more gorgeous neighbors, the tulips. (Lucy Foster Madison) Flout, on the other hand, means to show a blatant disregard or contempt for. If you scoff when told what to do, you flout the rules. Here are some rules being flouted in the news: In other words, the euro zone is based on a gentleman's agreement that's widely flouted. (Salon) Baseball's rulebook is routinely ignored, flouted and evaded. (New York Times) The problem is that people use flout to mean flaunt. If you mix up the words in the sentences above, the meaning changes. It would be weird to flout your wealth or your golden color. Garner's Modern American Usage identifies this error at widespread: it can be seen in the writing of well-educated people. However, Garner advises (and we concur) that the distinction between flaunt and flout be preserved. WORD FAMILY flaunt: flaunted, flaunting, flaunts, flaunty+/flaunty: flauntily USAGE EXAMPLES You want to teach her to be comfortable in the “just being” zone, which means she’s mindful of flaunting and resistant to hiding. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) Perhaps for some, flaunting one's wealth is a desirable way to get away from it all. New York Times(Apr 23, 2016) Not just because they fancy Cumberbatch or get weak knees over that flaunting of mental dexterity. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) 1v display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper flash, ostentate, show off, swank flex exhibit the strength of splurge be showy or ostentatious display, exhibit, expose to show, make visible or apparent 2n the act of displaying something ostentatiously his behavior was an outrageous flaunt Hyper display exhibiting openly in public view
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