| 词汇 | brandish |
| 释义 | brandish verb[ T ] uk /ˈbræn.dɪʃ/ us /ˈbræn.dɪʃ/ to wave something in the air in a threatening or excited way: 威胁（或兴奋）地挥舞 She brandished a saucepan at me so I ran out of the kitchen.她拿着平底锅向我挥来，于是我就跑出了厨房。 Shaking, swinging and vibrating earth-shaking flap flappy flourish fluff fluff something up jitter reverberative ripple rock-a-bye shake out shakily shakiness sway thrash tremulously vibrate vibration vibratory waggle brandish | American Dictionarybrandish verb[ T ] us/ˈbræn·dɪʃ/ to wave something in the air in a threatening or excited way: He looked silly brandishing one of those Star Wars lightsabers. Examples of brandishbrandish The doctrinal aggiornamento of the left meant that the right could no longer brandish the red menace. Official reports consummately brandished cold statistics. Some of them now see it as something to brandish to stop this text progressing. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Brandishing rhetorical remarks about good order and discipline never helps in an industrial dis- pute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are also those who believe that it is possible to make people do things by brandishing the big stick of insecurity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is extremely important that those ideas should be dropped, and that even the threat of them should not be brandished before us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No longer are statistics brandished to prove the barbarity of the practice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trade unions can continue to march their ghost armies through party conferences and brandish their block votes if that is what their members wish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must never be part of an alliance which retaliates to threats by brandishing nuclear arms or nothing at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They like to brandish the goodies they put into the pot, and they enjoy giving it the occasional stir to keep things apparently busy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We discovered that figures were being brandished—millions of pounds—but nobody could trace them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The contractor has to look at the man who is brandishing the form before him and to decide whether the man is like his photograph. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A lot of figures have been brandished about this afternoon concerning the rate burden in this or that area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that he said in one answer that it was "brandished". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would he consider brandishing the deterrent of being banned from driving for life in order to minimise, if not eliminate, this type of crime? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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