新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

parade

英  [pəˈreɪd]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • parades

    1[C 可数名词] 游行

    A parade is a procession of people or vehicles moving through a public place in order to celebrate an important day or event.

    双语例句

    例:

    A military parade marched slowly and solemnly down Pennsylvania Avenue.

    阅兵队伍沿着宾夕法尼亚大街缓慢而庄严地行进。

    2[C, U 有变体名词] 阅兵式

    Parade is a formal occasion when soldiers stand in lines to be seen by an officer or important person, or march in a group.

    双语例句

    例:

    He had them on parade at six o'clock in the morning.

    他让他们在早上6点接受检阅。

    VERB. 动词
  • parades , parading , paraded

    1[I 不及物动词] 游行

    When people parade somewhere, they walk together in a formal group or a line, usually with other people watching them.

    双语例句

    例:

    More than four thousand soldiers, sailors, and airmen paraded down the Champs Elysées.

    超过四千名陆海空三军将士沿着香榭丽舍大街游行。

    2[T 及物动词] 把…游街 , 把…示众

    If prisoners are paraded through the streets of a town or on television, they are shown to the public, usually in order to make the people who are holding them seem more powerful or important.

    双语例句

    例:

    Five leading fighter pilots have been captured and paraded before the media.

    5名领先的战斗机飞行员被俘,并在媒体前示众。

    3[T 及物动词] (为使自己获益而)展示

    If you say that someone parades a person, you mean that they show that person to others only in order to gain some advantage for themselves.

    双语例句

    例:

    Captured prisoners were paraded before television cameras.

    被捕获的罪犯被曝光在电视摄像机前。

    4[T 及物动词] (为炫耀而)展示

    If people parade something, they show it in public so that it can be admired.

    近义词

    show off

    双语例句

    例:

    Valentino is eager to see celebrities parading his clothes at big occasions.

    瓦伦蒂诺渴望看到名人们在盛大场合展示他设计的服装。

    5[I 不及物动词] 吹嘘 , 夸耀

    If you say that something parades as or is paraded as a good or important thing, you mean that some people say that it is good or important but you think it probably is not.

    双语例句

    例:

    all the fashions that parade as modern movements in art.

    所有被吹嘘成现代艺术运动的风尚。