自夸，吹嘘：过分夸耀自己的能力、成就或财富。
... in case (=for fear that) 万一 boast of (or about) 吹嘘 at the back of (=behind) 在…后面 ...
... boast about 自夸 boast of 吹牛 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。 ...
耀 ... 同本义 [shine;illuminate] 炫耀 [flaunt;boast of] 显示;显耀 [show] ...
... to boast瞎吹 boast of吹牛;自夸;夸耀;吹嘘 boast it自大;自夸 ...
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。
His proud boast of leading "the party of low taxation" has a hollow ring.
他有关领导“主张低税收的政党”的豪言有空洞的感觉。
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.
在南极洲的其他地方，俄罗斯研究人员炫耀他们最近在钻穿数英里厚的冰层后，发现了一个面积如安大略湖的淡水区。
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。
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Several Hollywood and Nashville stars boast of converting their huge plush cars to run on ethanol.
Often their Web sites boast of the number of American board-certified physicians on their staffs.
With a second nuclear blast to boast of, the price will have gone up yet again.