汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 耀武揚威
耀武揚威 (耀武扬威)
to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around / to bluff / to bluster
耀 Xian Yang / Show off your strength and show your might
向人炫耀武力,显示威风他也会斩将搴旗,耀武扬威。
耀 yào () yáng wēi
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

瞧他那耀武扬威的样子,真讨厌。

Look at him swaggering around, it's really disgusting.

美国的海军力量在地中海的多个港口耀武扬威

An American naval force is showing the flag in various Mediterranean ports.

当伪科学、反科学耀武扬威的时候,科学只有在角落里舔舐伤口。

As psuedoscience and anti-science bask in its glory science can be found in a dark corner quietly licking its wounds.

“例如,别人在你的家门口耀武扬威,难道你还不能准备一把弹弓?”中国国防部在声明中说道。

"For example, were someone to be threatening you with armed force outside your front door, would you not get ready even a slingshot?" the ministry statement said.

我们认为那些在我们的海域里非法捕捞和倾倒废料并携带武器耀武扬威的人才是海上的强盗。

We consider sea bandits [to be] those who illegally fish and dump in our seas and dump waste in our seas and carry weapons in our seas.

这个礼拜,美以公共事务委员会(AIPAC)召开了年度会议,10000多名支持者为此涌入华盛顿,游说团耀武扬威,四处游说。

This week, as more than 10,000 supporters flooded Washington for the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the lobby strutted its stuff.

知识分子和官僚也许能在不畏强权的人民面前耀武扬威,但事实上他们只是一群利欲熏心的小人,一心为了构建其利益帝国。

Intellectuals and bureaucrats might pose as champions of the people against the powerful. But in reality they were empire builders who were motivated by a noxious mixture of envy and greed.