英语释义

1. to bend especially repeatedly

2. to move muscles so as to cause flexion of (a joint)

3. to move or tense (a muscle) by contraction

4. use, demonstrate
flexing her skills as a singer

5. bend

6. to demonstrate one's strength
an exaggerated need to flex his political muscles
— J. P. Lash

7. an electric cord

8. an act or instance of flexing

9. to bend (a body part)

10. to move or tighten (a muscle)

11. to bend especially again and again
Can you flex your fingers?

12. to move or tense (a muscle)

13. to move muscles so as to cause flexion of (a joint)
stretching and flexing his knees

14. to move or tense (a muscle or muscles) by contraction
flexed their biceps

片语

Automatic Flexing自动伸缩

Flexing HabitualFlexing Habitual is the seventh studio album by The Flashbulb, released in 2006.

flexing life弯曲寿命

flexing resistance抗挠性；抗挠曲阻力

dynamic flexing动态曲挠

flexing laterally向侧歪

flexing machine挠曲（疲劳）试验机；弯曲试验机；耐折实验机；（罐身）成圆机

flexing valve弹簧阀

intermittent flexing间歇挠曲

to flexing折弯

英汉例句

• The British man has a robotic arm, which he controls by flexing muscles in his shoulders.

  这名英国人有支机械手臂，他通过收缩肩膀的肌肉来控制这支手臂。

• Constant flexing of the structure concentrates stress, which leads to microscopic cracks.

  这些构造部位的频繁伸缩使应力集中，导致微裂纹的产生。

• Vigorous new forces were flexing their muscles on the global stage, notably America, Japan and Germany.

  充满活力的新兴大国在全球舞台上大展身手，主要是美国、日本和德国。

• The researchers identified fear, anger and disgust using a psychologist「s coding system that considers the flexing of particular sets of small muscles in the face.

  研究人员利用根据面部小肌肉群的变化而制定的心理学编码系统，分辨出了害怕、生气、厌恶的情绪。

• She」s as relaxed showing her loving, nurturing side including her love for her husband - as with flexing her professional skills.

  她在表现自己的爱心方面(包括对丈夫的爱)轻松自如，并且在展示其职业能力上也是游刃有余。

• Still flushed from their victory in that case, US competition regulators are flexing their muscles for a battle with the credit card industry.

  尚陶醉在上一案件的胜利中的美国反垄断官员们又开始摩拳擦掌準备下一场与信用卡公司的较量。

• It doesn「t even think of flexing or creaking when you try to bend it.

  当你试着弯折它的时候，它也不会屈服或者发出吱吱声。

• Chastising Goldman Sachs for flexing its muscles on behalf of a customer is akin to slapping a kitten for its adventures with a ball of wool.

  也正因此，去责罚为客户利益而尽其所能的高盛，无异于去责打一只可怜的小猫却只是因为它在玩毛线球。

• But a society would want compelling evidence that the social contract had been torn up before flexing the tax system to offset what may turn out to be only temporary fluctuations in relative incomes.

  不过，在实行税收体系弹性以抵消可能只是暂时性的收入浮动之前，一个社会要想找到自己是公民社会的强有力的证据，很有可能会被打倒。

• The rising superpower is flexing its muscles.

  崛起的超级大国正在展示力量。

• Other nations are flexing their muscles.

  其他国家则也蠢蠢欲动。

• By presenting your knowledge and flexing your social skills, hopefully they will.

  展示出你的业务知识和社交技巧，他们很可能会这样做。

• It」s a good idea to reintroduce knee range of motion as early as you can by gently flexing and extending the knee to the extent possible.

  尽早通过轻柔的弯曲和伸展，来恢复膝盖的活动范围。

• In itself, this was just an example of the Big Unfriendly Giant flexing its muscles, but it could be a harbinger of things to come.

  例子本身只是说明这位不友善的巨人是如何展示他的肌肉的，但它也许可以被看作一个预兆。

• The flexibility shown by Asia「s currencies is noteworthy, even if most of their flexing has been downwards.

  亚洲货币显示的灵活性值得关注，即使大多数时候是向下浮动。

• And Banks are fragile, which makes shareholders think twice about flexing their muscles when confidence is shaky.

  银行是非常脆弱的，这使得股东，特别是在信心不坚定的时候，对展示自己的能力非常谨慎。

• When someone beats a drum, it is the flexing of the membrane on the drum, first deflecting then rebounding, which causes the sound waves that we can hear.

  当某人敲了一下鼓，是鼓面的伸缩，先压缩，然后反弹，由此制造了我们能听到的声波。

• Mrs Clinton will also have problems flexing some of her most developed policy muscles.

  克林顿夫人同样面临在她发展得最好的政策中炫耀武力的问题。

• Keep this in mind when flexing your new vocabulary – you」ll still need to keep your plain English in good usage for everyday writing, especially in most work environments.

  在你想法设法应用你的新词汇时要铭记这一点--你还是需要在日常写作中用好你的普通英语的，尤其是在大多数的工作环境中。

• Q.The way you were sort of flexing your legs, is it sort of a sciatic nerve?

  在比赛中你经常做屈腿动作，是不是和坐骨神经疼有关？