英 [ˈbəʊstɪŋ] 美 [boʊstɪŋ]
v. 自夸；拥有（可以自豪的特点）（boast 的现在分词）
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： boast / self-praise / jactitation
粗堑石头
... boardedpartition木板壁 boasting粗堑石头 boatswain'schair高处工专脚手板 ...
... hypercorrection 吹毛求疵；矫枉过正 boasting 吹嘘 rarefactive 吸入音 ...
... self-glorification 自吹自擂 boasting 自夸 ego trip 追求个人满足...
When the teacher left, two students who I often saw text in class started boasting about how they sent text messages and never got caught.
老师走后，两个经常在课堂上发短信的学生开始吹嘘自己是如何发短信，而且从来没有被抓到过。
There has been no boasting about our social workers—they are merely signs of the system's failure, of opportunity denied or not taken, of things to be eliminated.
没有人吹嘘我们的社会工作者——他们只是社会制度失败的标志，机会被剥夺或没有被抓住的标志，事物需要被淘汰的标志。
She is always boasting about how wonderful her children are.
她总是夸耀她的孩子们多么出色。
But here they are boasting about the change!
但他们对这个改变自吹自擂
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204 So the stele of Merneptah dates to about 1204, and in this victory hymn he's boasting of his victory over various groups in Canaan, and one of the groups he claims to have defeated is Israel.
因此Merneptah石碑可以追溯至，而在这首胜利颂歌中,他在炫耀对迦南部族的胜利，他也提到一个被打败的部族是以色列。
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