boast是什么意思_boast单词用法

双语例句

All three Internet agencies boast they've won major accounts.
所有的三家网络代理公司都夸口说他们已赢得了大客户。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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。
《牛津词典》
In its heyday, the studio's boast was that it had more stars than there are in heaven.
该制片厂吹嘘，它在鼎盛时期拥有的明星比天上的星星还多。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
It has never been her boast that she alone could accomplish the work.
她从没有夸口说她能独立完成那项工作。
Mr. Darling used to boast to Wendy that her mother not only loved him but respected him.
达林先生常常对温迪夸口说，她母亲不仅爱他，而且尊重他。
"Yes, no wonder," was my next remark, "Catherine used to boast that she stood between you and bodily harm."
“是的，难怪，”我接口说，“凯瑟琳经常夸口说她护住你，使你的身体不受伤害。”
An adult hedgehog can boast 7,500 spines.
一只成年刺猬能有多达7500根刺。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
The houses will boast the latest energy-saving technology.
这些房屋将采用最新节能技术。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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。
《牛津词典》
I have never seen her say a word of displeasure or boast (夸耀) about her great success in her study.
我从未见过她表达过一句不满或夸耀她在学习上的巨大成就。
He wants these kids to learn to boast about themselves.
他想让这些孩子们学会自我夸奖。
Of all the inner planets, only Mercury and Earth boast such a field.
在所有的内行星中，只有水星和地球拥有这样一个领域。
Religious and occult predictions, however, boast no causal logic whatsoever.
但是，宗教和神秘的预言没有任何因果逻辑。
Political philosophy is the oldest of the social sciences, and it can boast a wealth of heavy hitter.
政治哲学是社会科学中最古老的学科，且会触及大量重量级人物。
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。
Right.AI,you boast too much.
对。艾，你吹嘘地过分了。
You don't want to boast and brag.
你不想吹嘘或者炫耀。
AI, you boast too much.
艾，你吹嘘地过分了。
That is a big boast, but he is right.
这有点自吹自擂，但却不能否认他是对的。
Well,maybe you are,but you should not boast so much.
嗯，也许你是，但是你不应该如此吹嘘。
The OLED sets boast the thinnest TV screen created.
有机发光二极管(OLED)电视机据称有着最薄的电视屏幕。
Do you get annoyed when people boast about their gifted kids?
当人们夸耀自家孩子的天赋时，你会不会很烦？
Some firms boast that they will absorb all the pain themselves.
有些公司吹嘘，能够吸收所有的利润损失。
Alibaba's staff boast of the businesses they have nurtured.
阿里巴巴的员工对他们促成的交易十分自豪。

短语搭配

boast of

吹牛，自夸
boast about

自夸，吹嘘

近义词

n. 自夸；值得夸耀的事物，引以为荣的事物

braggadocio self-praise

vi. 自吹自擂

blow one's own born blow one's own trumpet blow one's own horn

同义词辨析

boast, brag, crow, pride

这些动词均含有\自夸，吹嘘\之意。

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。
brag ：非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步。
crow ：多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。
pride ：与boast的意义较接近，指炫耀、夸口，自鸣得意，常与反身代词连用。

考纲分布

近6年出现 3 次

重要程度

100%
n/v 自夸; 夸口

考纲释义

n/v. 自夸; 夸口
英文释义：
an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
真题例句：
- People who boast a lot are better than others.
  夸夸其谈的人比其他很多人好。
  [2020年南京卷阅读理解]
- Boasting a lot is a good way to get people to like us.
  夸夸其谈是让人们喜欢我们的好方法。
  [2020年南京卷阅读理解]

必考派生词

boastfuladj. 自夸的；自吹自擂的；夸耀的

考纲分布

近12年出现 3 次

重要程度

100%
n/v 自夸; 夸口

考纲释义

n/v. 自夸; 夸口
英文释义：
an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
真题例句：
- He wants these kids to learn to boast(夸耀) about themselves.
  他希望这些孩子学会夸耀自己。
  [2019年全国卷1 阅读理解]

必考短语

boast about
吹嘘；夸耀

单词辨析

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。
brag非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于 boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步。
crow多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。

真题例句

He wants these kids to learn to boast about themselves.
2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解阅读B 原文

考纲分布

近12年出现 6 次

重要程度

83%
n/v 自夸; 夸口
17%
v 具有特点

考纲释义

n/v. 自夸; 夸口
英文释义：
an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
真题例句：
- These companies, which long reaped big profits as textbook publishers, have boasted that their new online offerings, when pushed to students through universities they partner with, represent the future of the industry.
  这些长期以来一直作为教科书出版商，并获得丰厚利润的公司吹嘘说，当他们通过与他们合作的大学将其推向学生时，他们的新在线产品代表了该行业的未来。
  [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]
v. 具有特点
英文释义：
have or possess a desirable feature
真题例句：
- It boasts a fairly long history.
  它拥有相当长的历史。
  [2020年 CET4 听力]
- Italy boasts more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world, granting it considerable power and influence within the organization.
  相比较世界上任何一个国家，意大利所拥有的联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)世界遗产最多，这使它在该组织中拥有相当大的权力和影响力。
  [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]

必考派生词

boastfuladj. 自夸的；自吹自擂的；夸耀的

单词辨析

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。
brag非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于 boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步。
crow多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。

真题例句

And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文

考纲分布

近12年出现 6 次

重要程度

67%
n/v 自夸; 夸口
33%
v 具有特点

考纲释义

n/v. 自夸; 夸口

英文释义：
an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
v. 具有特点

英文释义：
have or possess a desirable feature

必考派生词

boastfuladj. 自夸的；自吹自擂的；夸耀的

单词辨析

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。
brag非正式用词, 其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于 boast, 到了过分夸大, 有时令人讨厌的地步。
crow多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘, 夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好。

真题例句

It is estimated that Antarctica boasts of the richest reserves of fresh water on earth.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
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.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
( ' , Harvard, for example, boasts a six-year graduation rate for underrepresented minority groups of 98 percent)Christian Vazquez, a first-generation Yale graduate, is another exception, his success story setting him far apart from students such as Nijay.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
For a start, you will now see plenty more women – the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文

考纲分布

近18年出现 3 次

重要程度

67%
n/v 自夸; 夸口
33%
v 具有特点

考纲释义

n/v. 自夸; 夸口

英文释义：
an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
v. 具有特点

英文释义：
have or possess a desirable feature

用法讲解

boast表示“自夸；自吹自擂”时，可用作不及物动词时，常接介词of或about表示“吹嘘；夸耀……”。例：She is always boasting about how wonderful her children are.她总是夸耀她的孩子们多么出色。
boast用作及物动词可接以“(to be)+ n./adj. ”充当补足语的复合宾语，表示“自诩是”、“自夸是”。例：He boasted himself a fashion expert.他自吹是个时装专家。

单词辨析

boast意为“自夸、以有……自豪”，有时指得意地显示自己的成功。
brag意为“吹嘘、自夸”，有时暗含着虚张声势，还有一种傲慢的态度。