boasting

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. This chap likes to exaggerate and is good at nothing but boasting.
   这个人言过其实，就会吹牛皮放大炮。
2. Let's not have any boasting.
   咱们谁也别说嘴。
3. That fellow gets my goat with his constant boasting of his own achievements.
   那家伙老吹嘘自己的成就，使我极为恼火。
4. He always swaggers around boasting about any little thing he has done.
   他做了一点儿事，就到处丑表功。
5. Boasting has become daily practice.
   虚夸成风。
6. She went on, boasting of her quietness, yet speaking with a kind of contained exaltation.
   她滔滔不绝地说着。她自诩很平静，她的口气却包含着一种强自抑制的兴奋情绪。
7. Some people are always boasting.
   有些人老爱吹牛。
8. Don't believe him; he's just boasting.
   别信他，他不过是在吹牛。
9. Eliminate boasting and exaggeration.
   切忌吹嘘和夸张。
10. Boasting isn't just a problem on the Internet.
    吹牛不光是在互联网上的问题。
11. I am sick of all of your boasting about boring into a mountain in Montana to find your bonanza!
    你整天吹牛，说是要在蒙大拿的一座山上钻个洞寻找财源，我算是受够了。
12. You are always boasting about your tennis, I'll take you on any day you like.
    你总是吹嘘你的网球打得好，哪天你高兴我要和你较量一番。
13. Compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by boasting or exaggerated behavior.
    特别是通过自我吹嘘或者言过其实的行为强迫性的吸引别人对自己的注意。
14. I don't like John, who is always boasting.
    我不喜欢约翰，他总是爱夸口。
15. All such boasting is evil.
    凡这样夸口都是恶的。
16. If you keep boasting about how smart you are, no one will want to be your friend.
    如果你继续吹嘘自己有多聪明的话，就没人肯和你交朋友了？
17. He's always boasting about his children's success at school.
    他总是夸耀他的孩子们学习成绩好。
18. Three women started boasting about their sons.
    三个女人开始夸耀自己的儿子。
19. It was one in the eye for him when he lost the match after boasting how good he was.
    他吹嘘自己如何好之后，比赛输了，他真是到了报应。
20. He's always boasting about some new gadget he's bought.
    他总是在自我吹嘘他买到的新鲜小玩艺儿。
21. Helen: you are such a liar. I'm sick of your boasting.
    海伦：你真是个说谎者，我讨厌你吹牛。
22. Getting us all into this with their swaggering and boasting.
    他们的傲慢和吹嘘使我们陷入困境。
23. He's always boasting about how clever his children are.
    他总是夸耀自己的孩子多聪明。
24. He's always boasting. he's such a big-head!
    他总是吹牛。他太自负了！
25. The old salt was boasting about his adventures to little Tom.
    那个老水手在对小汤姆夸耀他的冒险经历。
26. I can't stand her, she's so full of herself, always boasting.
    我不能忍受她，她如此自负，总是自夸自大的。
27. Parents enjoy boasting about their children's achievements.
    父母们都喜欢夸耀自己孩子们取得的成绩。
28. For China, its space program is all about boasting national pride and international prestige.
    对于中国来说，空间的计划提升了国家荣誉和国际名声。
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。
30. I'm getting tired of his empty boasting.
    我对他空洞的吹嘘有点烦了。

noun

1. speaking of yourself in superlatives

   Synonym:    boastself-praisejactitation