Boast
[bəʊst] or [bost]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
(v. i.) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
(v. t.) To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
(v. t.) To display vaingloriously.
(v. t.) To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
(v. t.) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
(v. t.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
(n.) Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
(n.) The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
手打:米格尔
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Brag, vaunt, gasconade, BLUSTER, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, give one's self airs, TALK BIG, ride a high horse.
v. a. [1]. Magnify (unduly), make much of, boast of, brag of.[2]. (Sculp.) Shape roughly (as a block of marble).
n. [1]. Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing, bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, flourish of trumpets, much cry and little wool.[2]. Cause of pride or laudable exultation.
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解釋/意思:
v.i. to talk vaingloriously: to brag (with of) —v.t. to brag of: speak proudly or confidently of esp. justifiably: to magnify or exalt one's self.—n. an expression of pride: a brag: the cause of boasting.—adj. Boast′ful given to brag.—adv. Boast′fully.—ns. Boast′fulness Boast′ing ostentatious display: vaunting.—adj. Boast′less without boasting; simple unostentatious.
整理:露丝
例句/造句/用法:
- Such companies, therefore, commonly draw to themselves much greater stocks, than any private copartnery can boast of. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- However opinions may differ on a variety of subjects, I should think it would be universally agreed, Sir Leicester, that I am not much to boast of. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Notwithstanding my late boast about not fearing a showerI hardly liked to go out under this waterspout. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- His figure seemed very tall as he entered, and stood in contrast with the three ladies, none of whom could boast a stature much beyond the average. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Your face is nothing to boast of, certainly--not a pretty line nor a pretty tint to be found therein. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Nothing to boast of, said Miss Pross. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- She uttered the word with an eager look, and with strong emphasis, and with a weird smile that had a kind of boast in it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He would analyze his own machinations: elaborately contrive plots, and forthwith indulge in explanatory boasts of their skill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It boasts that it has ceased to be visionary and has become practical. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It boasts a correct, steady judgment, inherited from 'mamma,' I suppose. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Give him a horn, said the Outlaw; we will prove the skill he boasts of. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Give her an opportunity of displaying the power she boasts. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Warlike Tribes have been put to flight so easily by civilised armies in modern times that such tribes have been doubted as possessing their boasted or even natural courage. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- But now my boasted independence was daily instigating me to acts of tyranny, and freedom was becoming licentiousness. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Counting both pleasure and business vehicles, the borough of Manhattan boasted about 2,500 storage-battery driven wagons in active use. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I drew a touching picture of his vacillating health; I boasted of my own strength. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She had never boasted either beauty or cleverness. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Man's boasted power and freedom, all are flown; Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave, And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- And this is old Fitzurse's boasted policy, encouraging these malapert knaves to rebel against us! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Centuries hence, we Frenchmen and Englishmen might be boasting and killing each other still, carrying out bravely the Devil's code of honour. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- By a mixture of boasting, subtlety, and flattery he won over the young and ambitious Tsar, Alexander I--he was just thirty years old--to an alliance. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Mere boasting, Mr. Franklin, returned the old man obstinately. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It is true I little respect women or girls who are loquacious either in boasting the triumphs, or bemoaning the mortifications, of feelings. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- There's no boasting in that letter, Fosco--she DOES know the Secret. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I am much afraid lest the small success I meet with in my enquiries will make this observation bear the air of an apology rather than of boasting. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- In England, there was scarcely an amount of order and protection to justify much national boasting. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
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