[reporting verb]talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities
自夸,自吹自擂,夸耀
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Ted used to boast ‘I manage ten people’ 特德过去常吹嘘道: “我管十个人。
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he boasted that he had taken part in the crime 他自吹自擂说自己参与了那桩犯罪活动
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she boasted about her many conquests .她自夸有很多人拜倒在她的石榴裙下。
[with obj.](of a person, place, or thing)possess (a feature that is a source of pride)
(人,地方,事物)拥有(可引以自豪的特点)
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the hotel boasts high standards of comfort. 那家宾馆提供高标准的服务使旅客舒适满意。
an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction
自夸,自吹自擂,夸耀
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I said I would score and it wasn't an idle boast .我说我会得分,这不是无聊的吹牛。
(in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall
(壁球用语)侧墙球。
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boast about sb 夸耀,吹嘘
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boast a lot 夸夸其谈
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boast of sth 夸耀,吹嘘
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" Middle English (as a noun): of unknown origin.late 19th cent.: perhaps from French