parade2 verb 1 protest/celebrate 抗议/庆祝 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PPGPROTEST to walk or march together to celebrate or protest about something 游行;列队行进parade around/past etc The marchers paraded peacefully through the capital. 游行队伍有秩序地列队穿过首都。
2 show STH 展示某物 [transitiveT]SHOW OFF if you parade your skills, knowledge, possessions etc, you show them publicly in order to make people admire you 夸示,炫耀〔财产、知识等〕 SYN show off Young athletes will get a chance to parade their skills. 年轻运动员将有机会一展身手。
3 walk around 四处走动 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALK to walk around, especially in a way that shows that you want people to notice and admire you 〔尤指炫耀地〕走来走去,招摇而过parade around/past etc A trio of girls in extremely tight shorts paraded up and down. 三个女孩穿着极紧身的短裤招摇过市。
4 show SB 展示某人 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SHOW/LET somebody SEE something if prisoners are paraded on television or through the streets, they are shown to the public, in order to prove that the people holding them are important or powerful 把〔囚犯〕示众 The prisoners were paraded in front of the TV cameras. 囚犯被带到电视镜头前曝光。
5 proudly show 炫耀 [transitiveT] to proudly show something or someone to other people, because you want to look impressive to them 展示;炫耀 SYN show off She paraded her new team. 她炫耀自己的新团队。
war medals paraded for public admiration 为供民众瞻仰而展示的战争勋章
6. soldiers 士兵 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PMA if soldiers parade, or if an officer parades them, they march together so that an important person can watch them (使)列队行进接受检阅 7 parade as something/be paraded as something PRETENDif something parades as something else that is better, someone is pretending that it is the other better thing – used to show disapproval 冒充为某事物/被冒充为某事物〔含贬义〕 It’s just self-interest parading as concern for your welfare. 这貌似关心你的幸福,实则只是自私自利。
parade around/past etc• As soon as you have established these, systematically evaluate any management fashion being paraded around.• The child sprang a little awkwardly from his chair and began to parade around his table.• Maybe they thought she got what she deserved for parading around on television in a bathing suit.• Paisley about faced and led the parade around the block so that it now came upon Fisherwick Place from the west.• He then dressed in her clothes and paraded around the campus for hours until he was arrested.• He got back on his feet, and they all made another parade around the stage.• They were paraded around while householders took their pick, a routine familiar to refugee children who had passed through Dovercourt.