英 [bəʊst] 美 [boʊst]
v. 有（值得自豪的东西）；吹嘘，夸耀
n. 夸耀，自吹自擂，感到自豪的事
【名】 (Boast)（英）博斯特（人名）
复数boasts
第三人称单数boasts
现在分词boasting
过去式boasted
过去分词boasted
boast /bəʊst/ CET4 TEM4 [ boasting boasted boasts ]
及物动词/不及物动词 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. 吹嘘
Witnesses said Furci boasted that he took part in killing them.
证人们说富尔西曾吹嘘说他参与了杀人。
Carol boasted about her costume.
卡罗尔吹嘘着她的戏装。
可数名词 Boast is also a noun. 吹嘘
It is the charity's proud boast that it has never yet turned anyone away.
该慈善机构自吹自擂，声称从来没有拒绝过任何人。
及物动词 If someone or something can boast a particular achievement or possession, they have achieved or possess that thing. 取得 (成功); 拥有
The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology.
这些房屋将采用最新节能技术。
动词 to shape or dress (stone) roughly with a broad chisel 凿(石头)
名词 a stroke in which the ball is hit on to one of the side walls before hitting the front wall 弧线击球
动词 to hit (the ball) in this way or make such a stroke 击弧线(球)
speaking of yourself in superlatives
同义词： boasting / self-praise / jactitation
夸口说
自夸
其实业绩是不需要自己自夸(Boast)的，自有球迷、后人评述。在她兜里放些零钱，在她不常用的兜里放张一百的。
能解密并不能代表你会，或者你真会的话，也不一定有那速度，就我，我不吹牛(Boast)，“刘海砍憔”我还知道(Know)是花鼓戏，可是我唱不来，就算我唱得来，我也唱不到位，同样的道理！
即使你看到，最好录下来，然后可以到处 吹嘘 ( Boast )：我看到白人扣篮王职业生涯最后一次扣篮了……
这类自以为什么都懂的股民在平日谈论股票时，喜欢自吹自擂(Boast)，好为人师。在学习研究中，常常固步自封，不愿及时学习适应市场新变化的操作技巧。
boastful 自夸的；自负的；喜夸耀的
boastfully 自夸地
boasting 吹嘘，夸耀（boast的ing形式）
自夸；值得夸耀的事物，引以为荣的事物
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。
Some farms have replaced buffalos with tractors and many houses boast new extensions and satellite dishes.
VOA : standard.2010.05.14
And the election was entirely God's initiative and is no cause for Israel to boast. So Deuteronomy 7, verses 6-8 read: For you are a people consecrated to the Lord your God: of all the peoples on earth the Lord your God chose you to be His treasured people.
而选择也完全是上帝自愿的,不该是以色列吹嘘的原因，《申命记》第7章6-8节：,因为你归耶和华你身为圣洁的民：,从地上的万民中拣选你,耶和华选你作自己的子民。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Political philosophy is the oldest of the social sciences and it can boast a wealth of heavy hitters from Plato and Aristotle to Machiavelli Hobbes Hegel Tocqueville Nietzsche and so on.
政治哲学是社会科学中,最古老的学科,且会触及大量重棒人物,从柏拉图，亚里士多德到马奇亚维利，贺伯斯,及黑格尔，托克维尔，尼采等人。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Mr.Obama promised reform in last year's presidential campaign, and congressional Democrats want a success they can boast about during next year's midterm congressional elections campaign.
VOA : standard.2009.07.31
Executives in Round Rock boast about holding the operating margin almost constant amid a vicious price war.
But, Ron Paul aside, the Democrats boast that they have youth on their side in droves.
Several Hollywood and Nashville stars boast of converting their huge plush cars to run on ethanol.