boast

verb

1. 自夸；自吹自擂
   to talk with too much pride about sth that you have or can do
   1. 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。
   2. She is always boasting about how wonderful her children are.
      她总是夸耀她的孩子们多么出色。
   3. He openly boasted of his skill as a burglar.
      他公然炫耀他的盗窃手法。
   4. Sam boasted that she could beat anyone at poker.
      萨姆吹嘘说打扑克牌谁都赢不了她。
2. 有（值得自豪的东西）
   to have sth that is impressive and that you can be proud of
   1. The hotel also boasts two swimming pools and a golf course.
      那家宾馆还拥有两个游泳池和一个高尔夫球场。

noun

1. 夸耀；夸口
   something that a person talks about in a very proud way, often to seem more important or clever
   1. Despite his boasts that his children were brilliant, neither of them went to college.
      尽管他夸赞他的两个孩子聪明，他们却都没念上大学。
   2. It was her proud boast that she had never missed a day's work because of illness.
      她所引以自豪的是她从未因病而耽误过一天工作。

1. VERB 吹嘘；炫耀；夸耀
   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.
   1. Witnesses said Furci boasted that he took part in killing them...
      几位证人声称富尔奇曾吹嘘自己参与了对他们的屠杀。
   2. Carol boasted about her costume...
      卡萝尔炫耀着自己的穿着打扮。
   3. He's boasted of being involved in the arms theft...
      他吹嘘自己参与过盗窃军火的行动。
   4. We remember our mother's stern instructions not to boast.
      我们谨记母亲不许我们在人前炫耀的严厉教诲。
   5. Boast is also a noun.
      
   6. It is the charity's proud boast that it has never yet turned anyone away...
      该慈善机构从未将任何人拒之门外，并引以为豪。
   7. He was asked about earlier boasts of a quick victory.
      有人质问他早先说过的那些速战速决的大话。
2. VERB 有，拥有（值得骄傲的成就或财产）
   If someone or something can boast a particular achievement or possession, they have achieved or possess that thing.
   1. The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology...
      这些房屋将应用最新的节能技术。
   2. Frommen says his country boasts a healthy economy.
      弗罗曼称他的国家经济运行良好。

1. Witnesses said Furci boasted that he took part in killing them
   几位证人声称富尔奇曾吹嘘自己参与了对他们的屠杀。
2. Carol boasted about her costume
   卡萝尔炫耀着自己的穿着打扮。
3. He's boasted of being involved in the arms theft
   他吹嘘自己参与过盗窃军火的行动。
4. We remember our mother's stern instructions not to boast.
   我们谨记母亲不许我们在人前炫耀的严厉教诲。
5. The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology
   这些房屋将应用最新的节能技术。
6. Frommen says his country boasts a healthy economy.
   弗罗曼称他的国家经济运行良好。
7. This is an age when we boast of our emotional intelligence and we claim to feel each other's pain.
   这是一个我们都在夸耀自己的情商，声称能感受彼此的伤痛的时代。
8. In its heyday, the studio's boast was that it had more stars than there are in heaven.
   在其全盛时期，该制片公司夸口说，他们旗下的明星比天上的星星还要多。
9. His statement isn't merely an idle boast.
   他的话不仅仅是虚张声势的自夸。
10. His proud boast of leading 'the party of low taxation' has a hollow ring.
    他洋洋得意地吹嘘自己领导着“一个主张低税收的政党”，这听起来很空洞。
11. It has never been her boast that she alone could accomplish the work.
    她从没有夸口说只有她能完成那项工作。
12. Our school can now boast a fine swimming pool.
    我们的学校现在能以有一个漂亮的游泳池而自豪了。
13. 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。
14. Next month, 40 years to the day after that short-lived boast, a very different Japanese Prime Minister will arrive in manila.
    下个月刚好是日本人夸下那句昙花一现的海口后40年，一个迥然不同的首相将要访问马尼拉。
15. Her daughter is her boast.
    她的女儿是她的骄傲。
16. I don't mean to boast but my house is the prettiest on the block.
    我不想吹牛，但我的别墅是街区上最漂亮的一个。
17. I no longer boast of yesterday's achievements.
    我不再为昨天的成绩自吹自擂。
18. I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of this boast.
    因为我宁可死，也不叫人使我所夸的落了空。
19. Our boast is not that we have more ideas or brilliant ideas but that our ideas are better tested.
    我们自我夸耀倒不是因为我们的主意多或我们的主意好，而是因为我们的主意都是经过更好检验的。
20. I will not profess my bravery. That's nothing to boast of.
    我不想夸耀我的勇气。
21. He used to boast to us about his rich aunt.
    他常对我们夸耀他那富有的舅母。
22. I don't believe his boast that he can run faster than I can.
    他吹牛说他能跑得比我快，我不相信。
23. It is his boast that on one such occasion he read paradise lost in a single evening.
    他说他曾在这样的一个场合下一晚上读完了《失乐园》，这是他在自吹自擂。
24. Although I was not handsome long, but as a child was also boast my left nostril is idol.
    虽然我长的不是很帅，但小时候也有人夸我左边鼻孔很偶像派。
25. That's the great empire they boast about of drudges and whipped serfs.
    这就是他们所夸耀的那个苦役和被鞭打的农奴的伟大帝国。
26. It's our proud boast that we have never lost a client.
    我们引以为荣的是我们从来没有失去一个顾客。
27. I am a honest man, no boast!
    我是一个诚实的人，不喜欢吹牛。
28. Few hotels can boast that their communities literally grew up around them.
    很少有酒店可以夸口说自己的社区周围的字面长大了。
29. Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast.
    18既有好些人凭着血气自夸，我也要自夸了。

  boast brag crow【导航词义：吹嘘，自夸】

  boast v. 吹嘘，自吹自擂

〔辨析〕普通用词，指对自己的能力、成就、财富以及家庭等进行夸耀，常含言过其实的意味。

  brag v. 〈贬〉自夸，吹嘘

〔辨析〕指过分夸大自己的才能、财富等，其夸耀和吹嘘的程度强于 boast，甚至到了令人讨厌的地步。

  crow v. 〈贬〉吹嘘，自夸

〔辨析〕通常指得意洋洋地大声夸耀自己的成功。

noun

1. speaking of yourself in superlatives

   Synonym:    boastingself-praisejactitation

verb

1. show off

   Synonym:    toutswashshoot a linebraggasblowblustervauntgasconade

2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
   1. she was sporting a new hat

   Synonym:    sportfeature