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英[b??st]
美[bo?st]

基本釋義

v.
吹噓,自夸; 擁有(值得自豪的東西)
n.
夸耀,夸口

詞性變化

實用例句

I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages.

不是我吹噓,我確實能講六種語言。

牛津詞典

She is always boasting about how wonderful her children are.

她總是夸耀她的孩子們多么出色。

牛津詞典

He openly boasted of his skill as a burglar.

他公然炫耀他的盜竊手法。

牛津詞典

Sam boasted that she could beat anyone at poker.

薩姆吹噓說打撲克牌誰都贏不了她。

牛津詞典

The hotel also boasts two swimming pools and a golf course.

那家賓館還擁有兩個游泳池和一個高爾夫球場。

牛津詞典

Despite his boasts that his children were brilliant, neither of them went to college.

盡管他夸贊他的兩個孩子聰明,他們卻都沒念上大學(xué)。

牛津詞典

It was her proud boast that she had never missed a day's work because of illness.

她所引以自豪的是她從未因病而耽誤過一天工作。

牛津詞典

The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology...

這些房屋將應(yīng)用最新的節(jié)能技術(shù)。

Frommen says his country boasts a healthy economy.

弗羅曼稱他的國家經(jīng)濟運行良好。

Carol boasted about her costume...

卡蘿爾炫耀著自己的穿著打扮。

Witnesses said Furci boasted that he took part in killing them...

幾位證人聲稱富爾奇曾吹噓自己參與了對他們的屠殺。

Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck.

少說失意事,莫夸好運道.

期刊摘選

Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing.

山陵、溪谷夸說你的幸福.

期刊摘選

Not be boast, I am very clear at that time this.

不是吹牛, 我當(dāng)時就很清楚這一點.

期刊摘選

He is a big and never misses a to boast.

他好吹牛,從不放過自夸的機會.

期刊摘選

In time he had begun to boast.

日子一長,他連大話都說起來了.

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Cerritos cannot boast a glorious history, old money or natural beauty.

沒有榮耀的歷史, 沒有傳統(tǒng)的資本,也沒有自然美景,這些喜瑞都無可炫耀.

期刊摘選

Henry actually used to boast that he never kept any files.

事實上享利經(jīng)常吹噓他不保留任何檔案.

辭典例句

It is his boast that he has never been late for work.

他為自己上班從未遲到過感到自豪.

辭典例句

Even a small town will boast a couple of shops.

即使一個小鎮(zhèn)總也有三、兩家店鋪而引以自豪.

期刊摘選

The eight men kept together throughout the boast race as though they were one.

這八個人在劃船競賽中始終同心協(xié)辦如一人.

期刊摘選

It is nothing to boast of.

這沒有什么可夸耀的.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

This was not a boast, but a hope, at once bold and devoutly humble.

這不是夸夸其談, 而是一個即大膽而又誠心 、 謙虛的希望.

辭典例句

Like any gift, we did not earn it, therefore we cannot boast about it.

它就像禮物一樣, 并非由我們賺取而來的; 因此,我們不能因它而夸口.

期刊摘選

Jas. 4:16 But now you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

雅四16現(xiàn)今你們竟以張狂夸口; 凡這樣夸口都是惡的.

期刊摘選

Cow answers: A moment ago came a flock of prefectural class cadres, boast only fart.

母牛答: 剛才來了一群縣級干部, 專吹牛屁.

期刊摘選

真題例句

And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

It is estimated that Antarctica boasts of the richest reserves of fresh water on earth.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Elsewhere in Antarctica, Russian researchers boast of their recent discovery of a freshwater reserve the size of Lake Ontario after drilling through miles of solid ice.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

For a start, you will now see plenty more women – the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female.

出自-2011年6月閱讀原文

He wants these kids to learn to boast about themselves.

2019年高考英語全國卷I 閱讀理解 閱讀B 原文

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. speaking of yourself in superlatives

Verb
  • 1. show off

  • 2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner;

    "she was sporting a new hat"

同義詞辨析

boast, brag, crow, pride

這些動詞均含有"自夸,吹噓"之意。

  • boast: 普通用詞,指對自己所做的事,自己的長處、財富以及家庭等的夸耀,常含言過其實的意味。
  • brag: 非正式用詞,其夸耀和吹噓意味強于boast,到了過分夸大,有時令人討厭的地步。
  • crow: 多指大聲吵嚷地吹噓,夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。
  • pride: 與boast的意義較接近,指炫耀、夸口,自鳴得意,常與反身代詞連用。

同義詞

反義詞

vt. & vi.自吹自擂;夸耀

belittledepreciate

其他釋義

condescend

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