新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

parade

英 [pəˈreɪd]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

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。