v.茂盛；繁榮；揮舞；活躍
n.揮舞；花樣；炫耀；華麗詞藻
There were two or three palm trees flourishing in the promenade garden. 街心花園里有兩三棵枝繁葉茂的棕櫚樹。
Plants will not flourish without water. 沒有水植物就不會長得茂盛。
These plants flourish in a damp climate. 這些植物在潮濕的氣候下長勢茂盛。
Our business seemed to flourish. 我們在生意看上去很興隆。
No new business can flourish in the present economic climate. 在目前的經(jīng)濟氣候中，任何新生意都興旺不起來。
The banner flourished in the wind. 旗幟在空中飛舞
Chaucer flourished at the end of 14th century. 喬叟在14世紀末享有盛名。
In Germany the baroque style of art flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries. 在德國，巴羅克藝術風格在17和18世紀非常盛行。
用作名詞 (n.)She rode by with a flourish of her whip. 她騎馬揮鞭而過。
He opened the door for her with a flourish. 他瀟灑地為她打開了門。
He went away with a flourish of his hat. 他揮帽而去。
He underlined his signature with a little flourish. 他揮筆在簽名下畫了一條線。
He showed us his new design with much flourish. 他炫耀地向我們展示他的新設計。
The doctor showed us about his hospital with much flourish. 這位醫(yī)生頗為炫耀地帶著我們參觀了他的醫(yī)院。
His is a cut-and-thrust style without any flourish. 他的文章風格犀利明快，沒有任何華麗的詞藻。
Her speech was full of flourish. 她的演講充滿了華麗的詞藻。
flourish的基本意思是達到或正達到理想的目的,指在一段時間內(nèi)茁壯成長或壯大,處于事業(yè)的高峰,而無衰敗的跡象,用于人時,則指其處于全盛時期或極大成功的階斷。
本詞與flower同根,俗語說“花無百日紅”,所以本詞也含有“興旺發(fā)達”不一定持續(xù)很久,也可能將來會衰落之意。
flourish作“興隆”“旺盛”解時是不及物動詞,作“揮舞并炫耀”解時是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。
