【boast】 - A-level备考词汇

boast

UK:  [bəʊst]

US:  [boʊst]

第三人称单数：boasts  现在分词：boasting  过去式：boasted  

n.

1.夸,夸口,自负

2.吹牛;自夸

3.夸夸其谈;牛皮

4.(…的)骄傲

5.自负的事物,引为自傲的东西

6.铁棒

7.厚板

8.粗凿石

9.钢铁块

v.

1.夸,夸耀,夸口说

2.夸,自夸;夸耀

3.以有…而自豪,有可以夸耀的…;自负有,自恃有

4.自夸;自吹自擂:

5.吹,吹牛,吹嘘,自吹自擂,大吹大擂

6.夸张,言过其实

7.引以自豪,感到自豪

8.有,自称有

9.粗琢

1 . At my local gym, most of the guys (losers) are jealous of me, as (I don't wish to boast) I'm in great shape.
在我本地的健身馆，很多人（那些失败者们）嫉妒我，因为我有很好的体型（我并不是自夸）。

2 . Its proudest boast was that it had the biggest shipyard, the biggest dry-dock and the biggest crane in the world.
马尔默最为自豪的是，它拥有世界上最大的造船厂、最大的干船坞和最大的起重机。

3 . but if otherwise, accept me even as if I were foolish, that I also may boast a little.
纵然如此，也要把我当作愚妄人接纳，叫我也可以略略夸口。

4 . Fior began to boast that he was able to solve cubics and a challenge between him and Tartaglia was arranged in 1535.
塔塔利亚也自称能够解三次方程，于是两人在1535年进行了比赛。

5 . A man of several nicknames, including Dave and Boss, Garven Dreis was one of the few "veterans" the Alliance could boast in its early days.
加尔文·德赖斯是一个有很多绰号的人，包括戴夫和“头儿”等。他是少数同盟在早期引以为傲的“老兵”之一。