boast是什么意思？

boast

英[bəʊst] 美[boʊst]

• vt. 自夸，自吹自擂，夸口说，以有…而自豪，自负有；
• n. 夸口，自负，自负的事物，引以为傲的东西，自夸的话，扬言；

第三人称单数：boasts;

过去式：boasted;

过去分词：boasted;

现在分词：boasting;

例句

• Great boast, small roast. 说得多, 做得少。
• We boast of our professional refurbishing team. 我们拥有专业的修缮队伍.
• It was the enemys boast of impregnability that caused their own defeat. 敌人自我吹嘘战无不胜,这最终导致了他们自己的失败.
• I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages. 不是我吹嘘，我确实能讲六种语言。
• We remember our mother's stern instructions not to boast. 我们谨记母亲不许我们在人前炫耀的严厉教诲。
• Some parents always boast of their children's acquirement. 有些父母总爱夸耀自己孩子的才能.
• His proud boast of leading 'the party of low taxation' has a hollow ring. 他洋洋得意地吹嘘自己领导着“一个主张低税收的政党”，这听起来很空洞。
• His statement isn't merely an idle boast. 他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
• In its heyday, the studio's boast was that it had more stars than there are in heaven. 在其全盛时期，该制片公司夸口说，他们旗下的明星比天上的星星还要多。
• ...men who boast about their sexual conquests to all their friends. 向所有朋友吹嘘自己如何搞定女人的男人

同义词

• vi.
  boast的同义词之：自吹;夸耀
  oneself, the, on, show, crow, pat, off, vaunt, brag, back,
• boast的同义词之：其他释义
  vanity, vapor, mouth, depreciate, belittle, glory, brag,

反义词

• vt. & vi.
  boast的反义词之：自吹自擂;夸耀
  belittle, depreciate,
• boast的反义词之：其他释义
  condescend,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均含有"自夸，吹嘘" 的意思
  boast：普通用词，指对自己所做的事，自己的长处、财富以及家庭等的夸耀，常含言过其实的意味。
  brag：非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步。
  crow：多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。
  pride：与boast的意义较接近，指炫耀、夸口，自鸣得意，常与反身代词连用。

英语四级真题

And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

For a start, you will now see plenty more women – the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  吹嘘；炫耀；夸耀
  If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
  例句
  Witnesses said Furci boasted that he took part in killing them... 几位证人声称富尔奇曾吹嘘自己参与了对他们的屠杀。 Carol boasted about her costume... 卡萝尔炫耀着自己的穿着打扮。
• VERB
  有，拥有（值得骄傲的成就或财产）
  If someone or something can boast a particular achievement or possession, they have achieved or possess that thing.
  例句
  The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology... 这些房屋将应用最新的节能技术。 Frommen says his country boasts a healthy economy. 弗罗曼称他的国家经济运行良好。

英英词典释义

• 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"