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 |
详细释义:
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。