英[b??st] 美[bo?st] CET4/考研/IELTS/TOEFL 詞義： n.①自吹自擂，自夸的話②引以為豪的事物(或原因) v.①自吹自擂，夸耀，吹噓②以擁有......而自豪③有，包含

派生：boastful?adj.自吹自擂的，喜歡自夸的

詞組：

boast of 吹牛，自夸

boast about 自夸，吹噓

brag and boast自吹自擂

例句：

Nobody should

boast

of his learning.誰也不應(yīng)當

夸耀

自己的學識。

The whole lot of them have been in Slytherin; he's always

boasting

about it.他們?nèi)叶荚谒谷R特林，他經(jīng)常拿這個向人

炫耀

。

The company

boasts

that its dried crickets contain more protein than beef, chicken, and pork, as well as minerals like iron and calcium.該公司還

夸耀

說，無論是蛋白質(zhì)含量還是鐵或鈣這種礦物質(zhì)的含量，干蟋蟀都比牛肉、雞肉和豬肉要多。

It

boasts

a quiet atmosphere, friendly colleagues, and the four hundred-year old Bodleian library, which has over five million books.

這里

有

優(yōu)雅的環(huán)境，友好的同事，以及一個有著四百年歷史、藏書五百多萬冊的牛津大學博德利圖書館。

That

boast

has helped entice over $350bn of foreign investment in the past seven years. 在過去7年中，這種

吹噓

吸引了超過3500億美元的國外投資。