Theirs was a serious business, and even those reviewers who wore their learning lightly, like George Bernard Shaw and Ernest Newman, could be trusted to know what they were about.

他们是件严肃事情，人们相信：甚至那些博学低调不喜欢炫耀评论家，比如 George Bernard Shaw 和 Ernest Newman也知道自己在做什么。

I'm not here to spike the ball.

我不是要炫耀。

And Mr Monti could prove a good foil for the slick, showy tycoon.

而蒙蒂可以证明自己是这位华而不实，极尽炫耀商业大亨很好反衬。

And it satisfies our insatiable appetites to discover, buy, collect, show off.

时尚迎合了我们永不满足欲望。我们发现、购买、 收集、炫耀欲望。

" I'm an agreeable skeptic who's cautious yet flamboyant."

" 我是一个和蔼可亲怀疑论者，谨慎却又爱炫耀。"

The impressiveness was normal and not for show, for spectators were few.

他这样引人注目并不奇怪，并不是了炫耀，因此时大街上根本没什么观众。

There is so much uncertainty about in-person schooling, and instead of showing off new shoes, you might be comparing masks.

面授课有太多不确定性，而且比起炫耀新鞋子，你们可能会比较口罩。

The whole lot of them have been in Slytherin; he's always boasting about it.

他们全家都在斯莱特林，他经常拿这个向人炫耀。

Mister Veblen argued that people gathered wealth for the purpose of conspicuous consumption.

维布伦先人们聚集财富目是了" 炫耀性消费" 。

Maybe it just wanted to " showboat" .

也许它只是想" 炫耀" 。

Don't you dare throw your calligraphy skills in my face when you know I'm at a low point.

你明明知道我情绪低落，你还敢在我这炫耀你书法。

This is our word for this programme - 'flexing' - which means to show off!

" flexing" ，意思是炫耀！

While they are savoring a coffee at a leisurely pace, they are actually showing off!

他们悠闲地品着咖啡，其实也是在炫耀自己。

Well, doesn't that figure. Susan always finds a way to make it about her.

那真是不出所料. Susan总是有办法炫耀自己。

Enthusiasts have converged to show off their vintage dress and vehicles of every description.

狂热者们聚集在一起，炫耀他们复古礼服和各式各样汽车。

In New Guinea, male vanity is something to flaunt.

在新几内亚，男性虚荣是可炫耀。

They're flaunting their protected status in our faces.

他们在我们面前炫耀他们受保护身份。

In the Middle Ages, heraldry allowed knights to show off family histories in amazing detail, lugging shields or banners into battle that explained their ancestry, whether they had married an heiress and their status as a first or younger son.

在中世纪，骑士们可以使用非常精细纹章来炫耀自己家族历史，在战场上带着有家族纹章盾牌或旗帜可以阐明他们血统，是否已经和一位女继承人结婚，或者是家中长子或幼子。

You can show off by reading these books-the classics.

你可以通过读这些经典著进行炫耀。

But I mean its not a big deal , it's not like its something I would ever brag about.

这没什么，这不是我会拿来炫耀事情。