on parade

短语

在游行,在接受检阅

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Assembled and in formation, prepared for inspection, to receive orders, etc.

    政治 军事
  2. 2.

    Marching or riding as part of a parade.

  3. 3.

    On public display, shown in a way that attracts attention.

    1899, Mary Noailles Murfree (as Charles Egbert Craddock), The Story of Old Fort Loudon, Chapter 1, Perhaps her husband realized her fatigue and depression and was willing to put his French accent on parade for her amusement […]

    1924, Hulbert Footner, The Steerers, Chapter 2, in Argosy All-Story Weekly, 2 August, 1924, Their manners were better than those of most of the people in our vicinity. They looked at nobody but took their places without the least self-consciousness, and talked to each other in low tones with light smiles. You cannot be sure about married people on parade, of course; they might have been quarrelling fiercely.