Boasting
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解釋/意思:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boast
(n.) The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.
厄玛編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Vaunt, brag, BOAST.
乔恩錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
[See OSTENTATION]
霍奇編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To hear boasting in your dreams, you will sincerely regret an impulsive act, which will cause trouble to your friends. To boast to a competitor, foretells that you will be unjust, and will use dishonest means to overcome competition.
吉塞尔編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- 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.
- This, Sir Knight, said Rebecca, is but idle boasting--a brag of what you would have done had you not found it convenient to do otherwise. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Is the same to me, Sordo said simply and not boasting. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Oh, shameful, shameful ending, after such unseemly boasting! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Here's old Bounderby always boasting that at my age he lived upon twopence a month, or something of that sort. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Mr. Trabb, said I, it's an unpleasant thing to have to mention, because it looks like boasting; but I have come into a handsome property. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
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