词性及解释
n.
吹牛
vi.
吹牛, 自夸
vt.
夸口说, 自恃有
词形变化
形容词: boastful
副词: boastfully
名词: boaster
动词过去式: boasted
过去分词: boasted
现在分词: boasting
第三人称单数: boasts
英英解释
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1.
n.speaking of yourself in superlatives
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2.
常用词组
习惯用语
1.
Great boast, small roast.
[谚]说得多, 做得少。
2.
make a boast of sth.
夸耀某事
3.
without boasting
不是自夸(用于插入语)
4.
boast about
自夸; 自吹自擂
5.
boast of
自夸; 自吹自擂
6.
boast it
自大; 自夸
7.
boast oneself of
自负; 自夸
例句
1.
When I mention AAA, and that only a handful of banks worldwide can boast it, they don't bat an eye.
但当我提及AAA——这个只有寥寥几家世界性银行才有资格拥有的资信等级时,他们眼睛都不眨一下。
2.
Our college cAN boast AN excellent stadium.
我们学校有一座漂亮的体育馆。
3.
I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vANity, the most unlearned ANd uninformed female who ever dared to be AN authoress
我认为，我再自负，也只能自吹是敢于当女作家的最孤陋寡闻，最不学无术的女人。
4.
There are two motives of reading book: one that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. ——Bertrand Russell
读书有两种动机:一种是从中获得乐趣，另一种可借以向人夸耀。——罗素
5.
A man, too, who could boast of Dante for a genealogist, and could reckon back to the Divine Comedy.
“他是但丁给他写过家谱，在《神曲》里有案可查呀。”
6.
Shakespeare is the boast of English literature.
莎士比亚是英国文学引以为傲的文学家。
7.
A Flock of gulls circled overhead as the boast sailed into the port
船只驶入港口时，一群海鸥在船上方盘旋。
8.
It was his proud boast that he HAD never missed a day's work because of illness.
他从未请过一天病假,这是他引以自豪的事.
9.
and all the bad taste of decorations, which HAD only their richness to boast of, shone in its splendor
那些除了夸富以外别无用处的家具大放光彩。
10.
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
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