| 词汇 | brandished |
| 释义 | brandished past simple and past participle ofbrandish 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 brandish earth-shaking flappy flourish fluff fluff something up reverberation reverberative ripple rock-a-bye shake out shakily shiver sway thrash trembly tremulously vibrate vibration vibratory Examples of brandishedbrandished In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Official reports consummately brandished cold statistics. 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 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 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 There is no information on the leaflet that he brandished as to who was responsible for its publication or distribution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He brandished a rather threateninig pile of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new challenge is being stressed and brandished now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The strong hand may be all very well on the helm, but it ought not lightly to be brandished in the face of a friendly and proud nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 League tables may not be wholly sophisticated, but they serve as a counterbalance to the generalities that are sometimes brandished before parents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They met the tyrant's brandished steel, the lion's gory mane; they bowed their heads the death to feel: who follows in their train? From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then he brandished an iron pipe that he had broken off of a water pipeline and threatened the guards with it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Legislative appointment was brandished as a possibility in the 2000 election. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He wore an elaborate feathered headdress and brandished a round shield and a turquoise snake. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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