
英:/'bəʊst/ 美:/'boʊst/
自夸
过去式:boasted 过去分词:boasted 现在分词:boasting 第三人称单数:boasts 复数:boasts
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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
He boasts excellent basketball skills.
他拥有出色的篮球技能。
These shameful things are not worth boasting off at all.
这些不光彩的事完全不值得去炫耀。
Exaggerated boast can put people into a state of difficulty to make progress.
过度自夸会让人陷入一种难以进步的状态。
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
All three Internet agencies boast they've won major accounts.
所有的三家网络代理公司都夸口说他们已赢得了大客户。
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。
In its heyday, the studio's boast was that it had more stars than there are in heaven.
该制片厂吹嘘,它在鼎盛时期拥有的明星比天上的星星还多。
This is an age when we boast of our emotional intelligence and we claim to feel each other's pain.
这是一个我们吹嘘情商并宣称能够体会到彼此痛苦的年代。
It has never been her boast that she alone could accomplish the work.
她从没有夸口说她能独立完成那项工作。
boast of
吹牛,自夸
boast about
自夸,吹嘘
n.|braggadocio/self-praise;自夸;值得夸耀的事物,引以为荣的事物
vi.|blow one's own born/blow one's own trumpet/blow one's own horn;自吹自擂
"boast"是一个多义词,其核心含义可分为以下两方面:
自夸行为 指通过语言或行动过度强调个人成就、能力或优势,常带有负面色彩。例如:"He couldn't resist boasting about his promotion at the party"(他在聚会上忍不住炫耀自己的晋升)。这种用法最早可追溯至13世纪古法语词汇"boster",原意为"大声喧哗",后演变为夸大陈述的特定含义(《牛津英语词源词典》)。
值得自豪的拥有 在客观陈述语境中,表示真实具备值得称赞的特征或资源。例如:"The museum boasts a collection of Renaissance masterpieces"(该博物馆拥有文艺复兴时期的杰作馆藏)。此中性义项常见于学术文献及权威媒体报道,如《经济学人》在描述城市发展时曾使用"The city boasts the highest literacy rate in the region"(该城市拥有本地区最高识字率)。
词性转换方面,该词兼具及物动词(如"boast that...")、不及物动词(如"boast about...")和名词形态(如"empty boasts")。根据剑桥语料库统计,名词用法在正式文本中出现频率较口语场景低37%。
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以下是关于单词boast 的详细解释,综合多来源信息整理:
自夸、吹嘘(含贬义)
拥有(值得自豪的事物)(中性或褒义)
如需更多例句或搭配,可参考来源网页(如、6、9)。
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