卖弄

I hate to see posers showing off.

我最恨看装腔作势的人卖弄。

She wiggled her hips seductively as she walked.

她走路时卖弄风情地扭着屁股。

He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic.

他很博学,但既妄自尊卖弄学问。

As a bel esprit he despised pedantry whether in a man or in a bluestocking.

作为一个才子, 他看起卖弄学问的作风, 管这种作风是由男人还是才子所表现出来的。

If she showed any tendency to coquetry he would be apt to straighten her tie, or if she “took up” with him at all, to call her by her first name.

果那子露出点卖弄风情的品性，他就会上前去帮她理理,果她‘吃’他那一套献殷勤的手段，他马上开始用小名称呼她了。

Men who used forks were thought to be sissies, and women who used them were called show-off sand overnice, Not until the late 1600's did using a fork become a common custom.

用叉的男人们被认为是脂粉气太重，人们则被指摘为卖弄、炫耀和过分讲究。直到17世纪后期，用叉进食才成为一种风俗。