boast

• vt. 夸口说，自吹自擂说；以有…而自豪
• n. 自夸；值得夸耀的事物，引以为荣的事物
• vi. 自吹自擂
• n. (Boast)人名；(英)博斯特

来自PIE *bheu, 膨胀，鼓起，吹。词源同bucket, 圆木桶。

1. speaking of yourself in superlatives

boast

boast: [13] The immediate source of boast appears to be Anglo-Norman bost, but where it came from before that is far from clear; German dialect bauste(r)n ‘swell’ has been compared, suggesting that it could be of Germanic origin. To begin with it meant ‘loud or threatening talk’ as well as ‘bragging’.

boast (n.)

mid-13c., "arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity;" c. 1300, "a brag, boastful speech," from Anglo-French bost "ostentation," probably via Scandinavian (compare Norwegian baus "proud, bold, daring"), from Proto-Germanic *bausia "to blow up, puff up, swell" (cognates: Middle High German bus "swelling," dialectal German baustern "to swell;" Middle Dutch bose, Dutch boos "evil, wicked, angry," Old High German bosi "worthless, slanderous," German böse "evil, bad, angry"), from PIE *bhou-, variant of root *beu-, *bheu- "to grow, swell" (see bull (n.2)).

The notion apparently is of being "puffed up" with pride; compare Old English belgan "to become angry, offend, provoke," belg "anger, arrogance," from the same root as bellows and belly (n.). Related: Boasted; boasting. An Old English word for "boasting" was micelsprecende, "big talk."

boast (v.)

early 14c., "to brag, speak arrogantly;" from the same source as boast (n.). Related: Boasted; boasting.

boast, brag, crow, pride

这些动词均含有"自夸，吹嘘"之意。

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。

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.

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It is estimated that Antarctica boasts of the richest reserves of fresh water on earth.

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Elsewhere in Antarctica, Russian researchers boast of their recent discovery of a freshwater reserve the size of Lake Ontario after drilling through miles of solid ice.

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( ' , Harvard, for example, boasts a six-year graduation rate for underrepresented minority groups of 98 percent)Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.

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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.

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He wants these kids to learn to boast about themselves.

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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。

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She is always boasting about how wonderful her children are.

她总是夸耀她的孩子们多么出色。

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He openly boasted of his skill as a burglar.

他公然炫耀他的盗窃手法。

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Sam boasted that she could beat anyone at poker.

萨姆吹嘘说打扑克牌谁都赢不了她。

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The hotel also boasts two swimming pools and a golf course.

那家宾馆还拥有两个游泳池和一个高尔夫球场。

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Despite his boasts that his children were brilliant, neither of them went to college.

尽管他夸赞他的两个孩子聪明，他们却都没念上大学。

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It was her proud boast that she had never missed a day's work because of illness.

她所引以自豪的是她从未因病而耽误过一天工作。

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The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology...

这些房屋将应用最新的节能技术。

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Frommen says his country boasts a healthy economy.

弗罗曼称他的国家经济运行良好。

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Carol boasted about her costume...

卡萝尔炫耀着自己的穿着打扮。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Speak little of your ill luck and boast not of your good luck.

少说失意事,莫夸好运道.

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Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing.

山陵、溪谷夸说你的幸福.

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Not be boast, I am very clear at that time this.

不是吹牛, 我当时就很清楚这一点.

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He is a big and never misses a to boast.

他好吹牛,从不放过自夸的机会.

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In time he had begun to boast.

日子一长,他连大话都说起来了.

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Cerritos cannot boast a glorious history, old money or natural beauty.

没有荣耀的历史, 没有传统的资本,也没有自然美景,这些喜瑞都无可炫耀.

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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.

辞典例句

It is his boast that he has never been late for work.

他为自己上班从未迟到过感到自豪.

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Even a small town will boast a couple of shops.

即使一个小镇总也有三、两家店铺而引以自豪.

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The eight men kept together throughout the boast race as though they were one.

这八个人在划船竞赛中始终同心协办如一人.

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It is nothing to boast of.

这没有什么可夸耀的.

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This was not a boast, but a hope, at once bold and devoutly humble.

这不是夸夸其谈, 而是一个即大胆而又诚心 、 谦虚的希望.

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Like any gift, we did not earn it, therefore we cannot boast about it.

它就像礼物一样, 并非由我们赚取而来的; 因此,我们不能因它而夸口.

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Jas. 4:16 But now you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

雅四16现今你们竟以张狂夸口; 凡这样夸口都是恶的.

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Cow answers: A moment ago came a flock of prefectural class cadres, boast only fart.

母牛答: 刚才来了一群县级干部, 专吹牛屁.

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