关于“炫富”
有缘遇到你,每天说英语,大家好,我是曾老师,you can also call me James.
应峰哥(安静的美男子)的要求,今天讲讲“炫富”在英语里怎么说。
炫耀,这深藏于人类DNA里的元素,从人类诞生那天起,就没放过任何人,只是有人深藏,有人彰显,而后者会被前者鄙夷,尤其如今网络和朋友圈里的各种显性或隐性的“炫富”行为。
炫耀的英文是“flaunt”, flaunt one’s wealth , flaunt one’s money就是炫富啦,当然也可以炫耀点别的,比如,美貌--beauty, 学历—diploma, 背景—background, 才华—talent等等,
造个句, The rich like to flaunt their weath in the mass media . 有钱人喜欢在社交媒体炫耀财富;James drove around in his Lamborghini, openly flaunting his wealth.詹姆斯开着兰博基尼高调炫富。
但flaunt这词不常用,最常用是show off, 泛指一切炫耀行为,也包括了炫富,记住这个就好了!
Showing off tells you are not confident.炫耀是不自信的体现。Tell这里不是告诉的意思,是泄露,表明的意思。
Old money never shows off, new money shows off to attract material girls.贵族不炫富,暴发户炫富只为吸引拜金女,old money 指的是继承祖先遗产的贵族,毕竟钱在手里的时间长,俗称“老钱”,反之,new money,钱在手里时间太短,崭新得没捂热乎呢,俗称“新钱”,或刚有钱的暴发户,material是物质的意思,material girls,顾名思义,物质拜金的女孩。
总结一下,
1.The rich like to flaunt their wealth in the mass media;
2.James drove around in his Lamborghini, openly flaunting his wealth;
3.Showing off tells you are not confident;
4.Old money never shows off, new money shows off to atrract material girls.
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有缘遇到你,每天说英语,我是曾老师,you can also call me James.
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