brandishing

英 [ˈbrændɪʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈbrændɪʃɪŋ]

v.  挑衅地挥舞，激动地挥舞(尤指武器)
brandish的现在分词

现在分词：brandishing　

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

• Brandishing a cleaver and a knife, and with the body of the victim lying yards away, the man said: We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you.
  画面中，该男子挥舞着砍刀和匕首，站在距离被害人横躺着的身体几码之外说道：我们以万能真主的名义发誓，我们永远不会放弃与你们的抗争。
• Two soldiers were holding him, while two others were brandishing supple twigs and bringing them down at regular intervals on the man's bare back. The man shrieked unnaturally.
  两名士兵捉住他，另外两名挥动着柔软的树条，有节奏地抽挞着他的裸露的背脊，受惩罚的人异乎寻常地吼叫。
• Brandishing the rhetoric of inviolable property rights and the fear of property devaluation, the opponents of fair housing posed a formidable challenge.
  公平住房的反对者们鼓吹着神圣产权的辨词和财产贬值的恐惧，制造了一场难以对付的挑战。
• He also shows how Britain, by brandishing naval power, was able to prevent America from taking over British Columbia.
  钮金先生叙述了英国如何凭借海军力量阻止美国占领英属哥伦比亚。
• But before you get too excited and start brandishing labels like freak, you should take a closer look at the numbers on shower-peeing frequency.
  但先别兴奋或是急于给人贴上怪胎的标签，你应该再仔细瞧一瞧人们在淋浴时小便的频率。
• They sprang about brandishing their spears.
  他们挥舞着长矛跳来跳去。
• The horseman came up to Robin Hood, brandishing his sword.
  那个骑士挥舞着剑，来到罗宾汉面前。
• He appeared in the lounge brandishing a knife.
  他挥舞着一把小刀，出现在休息室里。
• The men burst in wearing balaclavas and brandishing sawn-off shotguns.
  头戴遮脸盔式帽、挥舞着短管猎枪的几名男子冲了进来。
• Goldman has been reduced to brandishing the letter of the law and insisting that it adhered to market practice, which is not the same as ethical principle.
  高盛已经沦落到挥舞着法律条文，坚称自己符合市场惯例的地步，这与道德准则不是一回事。