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 |
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。
boast
过去式:boasted
过去分词:boasted
现在进行时:boasting
名词复数:boasts
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 |
词义辨析:
同义:
vi.自吹; 夸耀
brag
vaunt
crow
show off
pat oneself on the back
同义参见:
crow2
vapor
glory
vanity
mouth
反义:
vt.vi.自吹自擂; 夸耀
depreciate
belittle
反义参见:
condescend
boast1[bəust]vi.1.■夸,(尤指)自夸,夸耀,自我吹嘘,自吹自擂,吹牛(about,of):to boast about one's learning,abilities and success夸耀(或吹嘘)自己的学识、能力和成功to boast of one's deeds夸耀自己的业绩2.■自豪,自负,自鸣得意(of,about):She boasted of her family's wealth.她以她家的财富为荣。3.■[古语]欢欣鼓舞;欣喜,狂喜vt.1.■夸口说,吹牛,吹嘘:to boast oneself a genius吹嘘自己是个天才He boasted that he was the best swimmer in the city.他夸口说他是本市最优秀的游泳者。2.■以…为荣,把…引以为荣;以…自豪,以拥有…而自豪;以做…而感到光荣:The town boasts a fine new library.这个城镇以有一个好的新图书馆而自豪。The city boasted two new universities.该城为拥有两所新大学而自豪。3.■包含,容纳;有:The small town boasted only one school.这座小城仅有一所学校。n.1.■2.■自夸,自吹自擂,吹牛3.■自夸的话4.■值得自豪的事,足以自豪的事物;可夸耀的事物;可以夸耀的原因近义词bragvauntswaggercrowmake a boast of自豪地说到,夸耀 boast2[bəust]vt.1.■【雕塑】(用宽凿)粗雕,用宽凿子(在雕刻品、石造物等上)凿出毛样(或坯样)
boastboast[bəust]vi.1.■自夸; 吹牛; 说大话It is nothing to boast of.这没有什么可夸耀的。He boasts too much.他大话说得太多。
词性变化boast[bəust]vt.1.■夸(其所有)2.■夸耀; 夸口3.■(将石头)初雕The town boasts four swimming pools.这座城镇以拥有四个游泳池而自豪。The library boasts first edition of Shakespeare.这个图书馆以藏有初版的莎士比亚集而自豪。boast[bəust]n.1.■自夸; 夸口2.■可夸耀的事物3.■钢铁块; 厚板4.■粗凿Talent is his boast.他以有才自豪。
继承用法boastinglyadv.boastlessadj.
verb
- [reporting verb]talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities
自夸,自吹自擂,夸耀
[with direct speech]Ted used to boast ‘I manage ten people’.
特德过去常吹嘘道: "我管十个人。
[with clause]he boasted that he had taken part in the crime.
他自吹自擂说自己参与了那桩犯罪活动。
[noobj.]she boasted about her many conquests.
她自夸有很多人拜倒在她的石榴裙下。 - [with obj.](of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride)
(人,地方,事物)拥有(可引以自豪的特点)
the hotel boasts high standards of comfort.
那家宾馆提供高标准的服务使旅客舒适满意。
- an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
自夸,自吹自擂,夸耀
I said I would score and it wasn't an idle boast.
我说我会得分,这不是无聊的吹牛。
boaster
noun
boastingly
adverb
语源
- Middle English (as a noun): of unknown origin
boast2
noun
- (in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall
(壁球用语)侧墙球
- late 19th cent.: perhaps from French bosse denoting a rounded projection in the wall of a court for real tennis
boast
名词 boast:
speaking of yourself in superlatives
同义词:boasting, self-praise, jactitation
动词 boast:
show off
同义词:tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
boast
■Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?
15斧,岂可向用釜砍木的自夸呢。
■KJV] Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
[新译]不要为明日自夸,因为今天要发生什么事,你尚且不知道。
■KJV] Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?
[新译]斧头怎可以向用斧头砍木的人自夸呢?
■They have a host of matters to deal with, and nobody can boast of being able to handle everything perfectly.
“班长”的事情很多,谁也不能说样样事情就处理得那么周到。
■It has never been the boast of a modest person that he alone could accomplish such a hard task.
一个谦虚的人从来不会夸口说只有他才能够完成这样一件困难的任务。
■A young man challenged him to make good his boast.
一个青年要他把他说的大话兑现。
■Does not boast of its length of years.
不夸耀时间久远。作者
■It is a disease to boast when you do not know.
不知知之,病。
■Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
不要为1明日自夸,因为一日要生何事,你尚且不能知道。
■Don't boast and don't be modest.
不要自夸,也不要太谦虚。
■Joe made good his boast to swim across the lake.
乔夸口要游过湖去,他果然做到了。
■Joe always like to blow his own trumpet. He would boast his relation net.
乔总是喜欢自吹自擂,有机会它就吹嘘自己的关系网。
■Not of works, lest any man should boast.
也不是出于行为、免得有人自夸。
■Henry actually used to boast that he never kept any files.
事实上享利经常吹嘘他不保留任何档案。
■He doesn't boast about things he's going to do, and when he does them, he's modest about it.
事情过了才告诉我,轻描淡写。
■We boast of our professional refurbishing team.
二、我们拥有专业的修缮队伍。
■Every man has assuranced enough to boast of his honesty - few of their understandings .
人人皆夸耀自己诚实,但是几乎无人理解诚实的含义。
■Do not boast until your enemy is dead.
仇敌死前莫自夸。
■He won't boast about his firm's sensational performance.
他不会吹嘘自己公司的轰动效果。
■He loses no opportunity to boast of the glories of his native land.
他不失时机地吹嘘他家乡的繁华。
■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。
■He never boast his wife,just takes her for granted.
他从不夸妻子,只是觉得她一切理当如此.
■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。
■They like to boast about how smart they are, beating a big outfit like Golden State Power.
他们喜欢自吹他们如何机灵,把金州电力公司这样大的企业都骗了。
■They always be boast theirselves though many situation they just say that.
他们喜欢自吹自擂,尽管多数情况下只是说说而已。
■They have bitter zeal, contention in their hearts, and boast and lie against the truth.
他们用他们虚伪的热情,在他们心中狡辩,用骄狂和谎言来对抗真理。
■I don't believe his boast that he can run faster than I can.
他吹牛说他能跑得比我快,我不相信。
■He used to boast to us about his rich aunt.
他常对我们夸耀他那富有的舅母。
■He would always help a lame dog over the stile, that was his boast.
他常常对有困难的人帮一把,这是他引以自傲的事。
■He always boast about how well he plays golf.
他常常自夸他高尔夫球打得如何如何好。
■He would always help a lame dog over a stile, that was his boast.
他总是对有困难的人帮一把,这是他引以为豪的事。
■What he said is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
他所说的话往往只是信口开河,有时候简直是转变抹角自夸。
■Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him.
他是一个学问高深的人,懂得股票和红利什么的。
■His writing ability is not much to boast of.
他的写作能力不很好。
■His boast is that he' s the best.
他自吹他是最好的。
■His boast that he could drink ten pints of beer impressed nobody.
他自吹自擂说能喝十品脱啤酒,但无人理睬他.
■His boast that he can drink ten pint of beer impress nobody.
他自吹自擂说能喝十品脱啤酒,但无人理睬他。
■He boast that he was the strongst man in the village turned out to be unture.
他自诩是村里最强壮的人,后来证明并非事实。
■His boast that he was the strongest man in the village turned out to be untrue.
他自诩是村里最强壮的人,后来证明并非事实。
■The medal he won was his boast.
他获得的那枚奖章是他的骄傲。
■He thought that it was something of which he could justifiably boast.
他认为这是一件可以自夸的事。
■He says it "vaunteth not itself". It doesn't boast about its achievements.
他说: "爱是不自夸"。就是让我们不为自己的成就夸口。
■I like to boast, smugly, that I haven't paid for a CD in years.
以前我总喜欢自鸣得意到我已经好几年没有买过一张CD了。
■But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.
但你们心里若怀著苦毒的嫉妒和私图好争,就不要再夸口,也不要再说谎抵挡真理了。
■It is bad to do evil, but worse to boast of it .
作恶是坏事,扬恶恶更甚。
■Don't you and Fitchett boast too much, that is all!
你和菲奇特就算了,别不知好歹!
■Do not boast against the branches; but if you boast, remember that it is not you who bear the root, but the root you.
你就不可向那些枝子夸口;纵然夸口,也不是你托著根,乃是根托著你。
■You who boast in the law, do you by transgression of the law dishonor God?
你指著律法夸口,自己却犯律法玷辱神么?
■What do you mean by your boast?
你这样自夸是什麽意思?
■So that no one may boast before him.
使一切有血气的,在神面前一个也不能自夸。