boast

英 [bəʊst] 美 [boʊst]

• v. 自夸；吹牛；以...为荣
• n. 自夸；引以为荣的事物

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

boast的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

详尽释义

v. (动词)

1. 夸，夸耀，自夸
2. 包含，拥有
3. 自吹自擂，吹嘘，吹牛，夸口说
4. 以有...而自豪，有可以夸耀的...
5. 自负有，自恃有
6. 夸张，言过其实
7. 有（值得自豪的东西）
8. 自负，自鸣得意

n. (名词)

1. 引以为荣的事物
2. 夸，夸口，夸耀，自夸，夸夸其谈
3. 自负，骄傲
4. 自负的事物
5. 自吹，自吹自擂，牛皮，大话
6. 自夸的话

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 夸口; 吹嘘 praise oneself; speak with exaggeration and pride, especially about oneself
2. vt. 以拥有…而自豪 be proud in the procession of

n. (名词)

1. [C]自夸的话 boastful statement
2. [C]引以为荣的事物,令人满意的原因 thing that one is proud of; cause for satisfaction

英英释义

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"
   

boast的用法和样例：

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Don't boast and don't be modest.
   不要自夸,也不要太谦虚。
2. That's nothing to boast about.
   那没有什麽值得自吹的。
3. Nobody should boast of his learning.
   谁也不应当夸耀自己的学识。
4. He never boasted of his cleverness.
   他未曾夸耀过自己的聪明。
5. Don't believe him; he is just boasting.
   别相信他，他只是在吹嘘罢了。
6. He boasted that he could run very fast.
   他吹牛说他可以跑得很快。
7. Our school can boast of a fine swimming pool.
   本校以拥有一座设备完善的游泳池而自豪。
8. 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。
9. The town boasts a world-famous art gallery.
   这个镇子引以为荣的是有个闻名於世的美术馆。

用作名词 (n.)

1. That brother of yours is full of boasts.
   你那个宝贝兄弟满口大话。
2. His boast is that he is the best.
   他自吹他是最好的。
3. 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。
4. 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。

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

boast about〔of〕 (v.+prep.)

夸耀,吹嘘 speak too proudly of sth
boast about〔of〕 sth/v-ing/wh-clause

She never boasts about〔of〕 her talent.

她从不夸耀自己的才华。

He boasts of〔about〕 having a fine voice.

他夸耀自己有一副好嗓子。

She often boasts about her children.

她常常夸耀自己的孩子。

It is unpleasant to hear him boast about his own abilities.

听他吹嘘自己的能力令人讨厌。

He's always boasting about how clever his children are.

他总是自吹他的小孩是多么聪明。

She boasts of her high grades in school.

她夸耀自己优秀的学习成绩。

He boasted of having passed the examination.

他夸耀已经通过了考试。

The Victorian Age is often boasted of as an age of progress.

维多利亚时代常常被夸耀为进步时代。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• boast the good laboratory 为有这个好实验室而自豪
• boast a good school 以有一所好学校而自豪
• boast one's skill 夸耀自己的本领

～+副词

• boast too much 大话说得太多
• boast well 很好地夸耀
• boast arrogantly 高傲地自吹自擂
• boast blatantly 厚颜地自夸
• boast exuberantly 大肆吹嘘
• boast idly 无聊地自夸
• boast laughingly 嘲笑地自夸
• boast proudly 自吹自擂

～+介词

• boast about 夸耀…
• boast about doing sth 夸耀其做了某事
• boast about one's own country 夸耀自己的国家
• boast about one's success 夸耀自己的成功
• boast of one's deeds 夸耀自己的业绩
• boast of being an expert 自称是专家
• boast of one's skill 夸耀自己的技能

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• make a boast 自吹自擂,夸口

形容词+～

• empty boast 空洞的夸耀,虚夸的言词
• foolish boast 愚蠢的夸口
• idle boast 无聊的吹牛
• proud boast 引以为荣的事
• vain boast 空洞的大话

经典引文

• The swell'd boast Of him that best could speak.

  出自：Cymbeline , Shakespeare

• They soon found such a boast was vain indeed.

  出自： E. A. Freeman

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近反义词

【近义词】

v. & n.
• brag
• pride