boast

boast读音音标

英 [bəʊst]

美 [boʊst]

boast意思解释

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

变形

过去式：boasted

过去分词：boasted

现在分词：boasting

第三人称单数：boasts

双语释义

v.(动词)

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

n.(名词)

[C]自夸的话 boastful statement[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

boast

[ bəust ]

n.

speaking of yourself in superlatives

同义词：boastingself-praisejactitation

v.

show off

同义词：toutswashshoot a linebraggasblowblustervauntgasconade

wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

同义词：sportfeature

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

词组短语

boast of

吹牛，自夸

boast about

自夸，吹嘘

同近义词辨析

pride, boast, brag, crow

这组词都有“自夸，吹嘘”的意思，其区别是：

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。

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。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)Don\'t boast and don\'t be modest.不要自夸,也不要太谦虚。That\'s nothing to boast about.那没有什麽值得自吹的。Nobody should boast of his learning.谁也不应当夸耀自己的学识。He never boasted of his cleverness.他未曾夸耀过自己的聪明。Don\'t believe him; he is just boasting.别相信他，他只是在吹嘘罢了。He boasted that he could run very fast.他吹牛说他可以跑得很快。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。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。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.)That brother of yours is full of boasts.你那个宝贝兄弟满口大话。His boast is that he is the best.他自吹他是*好的。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。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。