每日一词boast

英[bəʊst] 美[boʊst] CET4/考研/IELTS/TOEFL 词义： n.①自吹自擂，自夸的话②引以为豪的事物(或原因) v.①自吹自擂，夸耀，吹嘘②以拥有......而自豪③有，包含

派生：boastful adj.自吹自擂的，喜欢自夸的

词组：

boast of 吹牛，自夸

boast about 自夸，吹嘘

brag and boast自吹自擂

例句：

Nobody should

boast

of his learning.谁也不应当

夸耀

自己的学识。

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

boasting

about it.他们全家都在斯莱特林，他经常拿这个向人

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.该公司还

夸耀

说，无论是蛋白质含量还是铁或钙这种矿物质的含量，干蟋蟀都比牛肉、鸡肉和猪肉要多。

It

boasts

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

这里

有

优雅的环境，友好的同事，以及一个有着四百年历史、藏书五百多万册的牛津大学博德利图书馆。

That

boast

has helped entice over $350bn of foreign investment in the past seven years. 在过去7年中，这种

吹嘘

吸引了超过3500亿美元的国外投资。