pageants

英 [ˈpædʒənts] 美 [ˈpædʒənts]

n.  穿古代服装的游行; 再现历史场景的娱乐活动; 选美比赛; 内容繁杂有趣的场面; 盛大华丽的情景
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  1. 盛装游行（或庆典）；露天历史剧
    A pageant is a colourful public procession, show, or ceremony. Pageants are usually held out of doors and often celebrate events or people from history.
    1. N-COUNT 选美比赛
      A pageant or a beauty pageant is a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.
      1. In August 1968 women held a demonstration at the Miss America Beauty Pageant.
        1968年8月，妇女在美国小姐选美大赛举行了游行示威。
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    1. Leanne Woodall, Miss Natural Sparkle organiser, said:` Because beauty pageants are a family event and the whole family like to be involved we decided to introduce just one round for newborns this year.
      自然闪耀小姐大赛组织者琳恩·伍德奥说：选美是一种全家参与的活动，所有家庭成员都想要参与其中，所以今年我们决定增加一轮婴儿选美环节。
    2. Despite coming under fire from fellow parents, Jenny and mechanic husband Steve, 29, will continue to chaperone their daughters to pageants across the country.
      虽然受到其他许多父母的质疑，珍妮和丈夫&29岁的机械师史蒂夫，还将会带女儿参加全国各地的选美比赛。
    3. I don` t know if Ella wants to do pageants but I don` t think it will damage her.`
      但我想评委看重的是她天然的可爱。我不知道艾拉以后是否想参加选美比赛，但我觉得这并不会伤害到她。
    4. Forget beauty pageants and tween talent shows, modern stage parents have a new outlet to push their children into the fame game: the Internet.
      别管什么选美和才艺比赛了，现在的爸爸妈妈可以通过网络让自己的孩子一夜成名。
    5. She only learnt to walk five months ago, but 'Baby Beyonc' is already strutting her stuff on stage at pageants.
      虽然她五个月之前才刚学会走路，但是这个被人们称作宝贝碧昂斯的小宝宝已经开始在各种盛会的舞台上展露风采了。
    6. Does your country need someone to drive around and watch pageants and shake hands with politicians?
      你的国家需要人到处巡游，出席盛会，并和政治家握手吗？
    7. McKenzie has competed in more than 100 pageants, and won about 20.
      麦肯齐参加了100多场舞蹈比赛，赢了大约20场。
    8. 'Pageants give her the same opportunity as other children and show people that she can accomplish anything with a little bit of help,' her mother, Tammy Carey, added.
      舞蹈比赛给了她和其他孩子同样的机会，让她能够在人们面前展示：只要一点点帮助，她就能完成任何事。
    9. And though McKenzie has a rare genetic disease that keeps her in a wheelchair, she has a devoted dance partner in her father, who's waltzed her through many local pageants.
      尽管麦肯齐因身患罕见的基因疾病而无法离开轮椅，但她忠诚的舞伴&她的父亲还是带她在本地的许多舞蹈比赛上跳起华尔兹。
    10. I'm not just talking about the recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance or the Thanksgiving pageants at school or the fireworks on the Fourth of July, as wonderful as those things may be.
      我指的不仅仅是诵读效忠誓言（PledgeofAllegiance），不仅仅是学校热烈庆祝感恩节的活动，也不仅仅是7月4日盛放的烟火，不论这些场景多么激动人心。
    11. Critics claim that exposing children barely old enough to walk to the pressures of beauty pageants is bad for the children and indicates something is wrong with society.
      评论家宣称，让刚学会走路的小孩子暴露在选美的压力下很不好，这显示出我们的社会有问题。
    12. It is young people who favor holding beauty pageants.
      赞成举办选美的是年轻人。
    13. Says one pageant mother: "I know people who have spent so much on pageants that they lost their shirts – and their homes."
      一位选美参赛者的妈妈说：“我认识一些在选美上花了很多钱的人，他们最后不但落到身无分文的下场，甚至还失去了他们的房子。”
    14. Most pageants have a historical flavour as they usually come about through the celebration of the anniversary of some event of historic importance, or the life or death of some local worthy.
      大多数露天演出都带有历史情调，因为这些戏一般是通过庆祝某个重大的历史事件，或庆祝当地某个值得纪念的人诞辰或逝世周年而产生的。
    15. And for the custom, it is fashionable for a child to name after Buddha, for women to dress in Buddhist style, and for setting up feasts and pageants to follow Buddha's birth date.
      第四，在生活习俗上，生子取名用佛号、妇女化妆用佛装（妆）、节日庆典遵佛诞等成为时尚。
    16. She has competed in three beauty pageants.
      她参加过三次选美大赛。
    17. The days leading up to Thanksgiving Day often featured school pageants emphasizing peace, harmony and the golden prospects for all Americans.
      那时候，在快到感恩节的日子里，学校往往举行着重点在于和平、和谐以及全体美国人的光明前景的特色庆祝活动。
    18. Parents claim that the pageants make their children happy, and teach them self-confidence.
      父母们宣称，选美让他们的孩子快乐，并教给他们自信。
    19. Suggested answer: Miss Universe is one of the most famous beauty pageants in the world.
      参考答案：环球小姐是世界上最著名的选美活动之一。
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