v.茂盛；繁荣；挥舞；活跃
n.挥舞；花样；炫耀；华丽词藻
There were two or three palm trees flourishing in the promenade garden. 街心花园里有两三棵枝繁叶茂的棕榈树。
Plants will not flourish without water. 没有水植物就不会长得茂盛。
These plants flourish in a damp climate. 这些植物在潮湿的气候下长势茂盛。
Our business seemed to flourish. 我们在生意看上去很兴隆。
No new business can flourish in the present economic climate. 在目前的经济气候中，任何新生意都兴旺不起来。
The banner flourished in the wind. 旗帜在空中飞舞
Chaucer flourished at the end of 14th century. 乔叟在14世纪末享有盛名。
In Germany the baroque style of art flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries. 在德国，巴罗克艺术风格在17和18世纪非常盛行。
用作名词 (n.)She rode by with a flourish of her whip. 她骑马挥鞭而过。
He opened the door for her with a flourish. 他潇洒地为她打开了门。
He went away with a flourish of his hat. 他挥帽而去。
He underlined his signature with a little flourish. 他挥笔在签名下画了一条线。
He showed us his new design with much flourish. 他炫耀地向我们展示他的新设计。
The doctor showed us about his hospital with much flourish. 这位医生颇为炫耀地带着我们参观了他的医院。
His is a cut-and-thrust style without any flourish. 他的文章风格犀利明快，没有任何华丽的词藻。
Her speech was full of flourish. 她的演讲充满了华丽的词藻。
flourish的基本意思是达到或正达到理想的目的,指在一段时间内茁壮成长或壮大,处于事业的高峰,而无衰败的迹象,用于人时,则指其处于全盛时期或极大成功的阶断。
本词与flower同根,俗语说“花无百日红”,所以本词也含有“兴旺发达”不一定持续很久,也可能将来会衰落之意。
flourish作“兴隆”“旺盛”解时是不及物动词,作“挥舞并炫耀”解时是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
