boast

boast

[bəust]

v.自夸, 吹牛, 以...为荣
n.自夸, 引以为荣的事物

例句与用法：

It is one of their proudest boasts that they have halved the death rate from typhoid.

他们使伤寒病人的死亡率降低了一半，这是他们最感骄傲的事之一。

Don't believe him; he is just boasting.

别相信他，他只是在吹嘘罢了。

词形变化：

形容词: boastful | 副词: boastfully | 名词: boaster | 动词过去式: boasted | 动词过去分词: boasted | 动词现在分词: boasting | 动词第三人称单数: boasts |

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vi.

自吹自擂; 夸耀[(+about/of)]

The captain is always boasting of his military valor.

上尉老是自夸阵前之勇。

vt.

1. 自吹自擂说, 吹嘘[Y][+that]

2. (指物)以有……而自豪; 拥有, 包含[W]

Our school library boasts quite a few rare books.

我们学校图书馆以藏有好多珍本书而自豪。

n.[C]

1. 自吹, 牛皮, 大话

That brother of yours is full of boasts.

你那个宝贝兄弟满口大话。

2. 引以为荣的事物

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

他为自己上班从未迟到感到自豪。