brandished

英 [ˈbrændɪʃt]

美 [ˈbrændɪʃt]

v.  挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞(尤指武器)
brandish的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (威胁地）挥舞（尤指武器）
  If youbrandishsomething, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
  1. He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
     他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。

双语例句

• Holding a copy of the new magazine, he added: Just look at this Mohammed – he is so much more sympathetic than the one who is brandished [ by extremists].
  他手中拿着一份新一期杂志，补充说：看看这位穆罕默德，比起（极端主义者）宣示的那位，他的同情心要大多了。
• The president-elect has brandished his reputation for non-partisanship and for a willingness to negotiate.
  这位当选总统一直在炫耀自己的无党派和愿意协商的声誉。
• Eevery time when I brandished the racket to hit the ball and watch it flying over the net
  每次挥舞球拍击球时，看着它飞越球网
• The jester brandished his bauble.
  丑角挥动手中拿着的木棒。
• This may come as a disappointment, but most Viking men brandished scythes, not swords.
  这也许是挺让人失望的一件事，维京男人们最经常使用的不是剑，而是镰刀。
• He brandished a sheaf of documents.
  他手里挥舞着一扎文件。
• If you cannot help them to become pleasant people without rewards and punishments, you will find that both carrot and stick must be brandished with alarming frequency.
  如果没有奖惩，你就无法帮助他们成为讨人喜欢的人，那么你会发现，胡萝卜和大棒的使用频率必须达到惊人的程度。
• The doorman looked a bit puzzled, so I brandished the paperwork under his nose to prove that I was invited. At which point he pointed out, correctly alas, that the invitation clearly stated Tuesday, February 1.
  看门人的表情有点困惑，于是我忙把邀请函送到他鼻子底下，瞧，我受到邀请了！这时他说，邀请函上白纸黑字写着2月1日星期二。
• Repeatedly, Vautrin confronted Japanese troops at the gates of the college and ordered them to stay out, even as they cursed her and brandished in her face bayonets dripping with blood.
  在学校的大门口，魏特琳多次挺身阻止日军进入校内，并命令他们离开，甚至当日军咒骂她和用血迹斑斑的刺刀在她脸上乱晃时，她也毫不退让。
• A long time because I did not cook in the above brandished a knife.
  因为我很久没有在上面挥刀宰嘎嘎了。