| 单词 | boast |
| 释义 | boast /baust; bost/ n [C] 1 words used in praise of oneself, one's acts, belongings, etc: 自夸之词; 自夸; 自吹白插： It was the enemy's ~ that they could never be defeated. 敌人称他们永不打败仗，系自夸之词。 2 cause for satisfaction; sth of which one may rightly be proud: 足以自负、自傲或自豪之事： It was his ~ that he had never failed in an examination. 他考试从来不失败乃是他足以自傲之事。 vt, vi 1 [VP2A, 3A, B] ~ (of/about), make a ~ or ~s: 自夸; 自吹自擂： He ~s of being/ ~s that he is the best tennis-player in the town. 他自夸是全市最好的网球选手。 That's nothing to ~ of. 那没有什么好夸擢的。 He often ~s to his neighbours about the successes of his children. 他常常向邻人夸耀他的孩子们的成就。 2 [VP6A] possess with pride: 很可自豪地拥有： → school ~s a fine swimming-pool. 我们的学校很可自豪地拥有一个完声的游泳池。 ~er n person who ~s. 自夸者; 自诩者; 大言者。 ~ ful /-fol; -,fal/ adj (of persons) fond of ~ing; (of words, etc) full of self-praise. (指人)好自夸的; (指言辞等)充满自夸的。 ~fully /-falx; -fall/ adv |
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