Boasting的意思|Boasting的解释-里氏词典

boasting

n. 粗琢(自夸)

He's given to boasting.
他喜欢自夸。
Don't believe him; he is just boasting.
别相信他，他只是在吹嘘罢了。

boasting

[ noun ]
speaking of yourself in superlatives
<noun.communication>

Boasting \Boast"ing\, n.
The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking;
ostentatious display.

When boasting ends, then dignity begins. --Young.

Boast \Boast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Boasting}.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n.,
noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten,
Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p["o]sa to swell; or W.
bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may
be from English.]
1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which
are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self
or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of
one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.

By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should
boast. --Eph. ii. 8,
9.

2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to
exult.

In God we boast all the day long. --Ps. xliv. 8

Syn: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.

Free care used to be given to citizens at hospitals boasting some of the most advanced equipment in the world.
In addition, Mr. White recalls, the machine's operator began boasting about it during lunch breaks.
A government education stand was one of the fair's biggest, boasting a bookshop, a children's corner and a video room playing an Iranian film, "The Eagles."
He predicts that homes will soon have at least two PCs capable of displaying multimedia programmes. The first, shorn of its keyboard and boasting a large screen will live in the lounge.
Since tax overhaul, many of these investments have become income-oriented, boasting high yields.
I just think I've done it so well and played just the perfect match.' Jana was not boasting, simply being honest.
Scuba-diving enthusiast Dodd, who is off to spend the first four months of his retirement submerged in the Caribbean, drew attention before he left to the undesirability of chief executives boasting good golf handicaps.
The artificial tree, boasting 5,812 lights, was erected by Duquesne Light Co. at Point State Park.
ABC ran third, albeit by a slim margin, despite boasting the only bona fide hit of the season, "America's Funniest Home Videos" and the most talked about show of the year, "Twin Peaks."
It is now a fully-fledged international office centre, boasting companies like ICI and BMW.
And though much of Carroll County, made briefly famous in 1959 when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev paid a visit, is a picture of prosperity with lush green fields and rich black soil, not many farmers are boasting about it.
"I won't need four years of on-the-job training," he has said, boasting of the state's lucrative economy during his two terms as governor.
Last December, the bankers association of Luxembourg urged members to stop boasting about the grand duchy's strict bank-secrecy laws and tax advantages.
"Nobody else thought of doing this," says Mr. Higuchi, boasting that his store was the first to display four brands of American sake last month.
It was a crime, but not boasting.
Hurricane Gustav continued losing strength over the open Atlantic this morning, with top winds down to 80 mph a day after boasting 105 mph gusts, the National Hurricane Center reported.
Late last year, Freshfields, the City of London law firm, acquired a team of China specialists from Coudert Brothers, a US firm boasting a long Asian pedigree.
The city accuses Operation Rescue of boasting that it would clog the city's judicial process with hundreds of arrests, and says the demonstrators succeeded.
The judge said the Hanes commercial, which pokes fun at Fruit of the Loom T-shirts, wasn't overly misleading in boasting that Hanes shirts shrink 38% less.
Soon Gerald Ahnert will be back at his claim outside Dawson City, a frontier town boasting wooden sidewalks and hotels that still accept payment in gold dust.
"I've been to 74 countries as your vice president, met most of the world leaders," he says, boasting that he will be ready to provide strong leadership in foreign affairs from his first day in the Oval Office.
This is not one of those 'landmark' developments which turns up every few years, boasting complete lack of air conditioning in favour of natural ventilation.
Its campaigns have seesawed between high fashion and high performance, ranging from Chiat's bizarre "U.B.U." spots several years back featuring strangely-clad eccentrics, to serious ads boasting about superior performance.
On top of that, unlike the staged tourisma at the Opry, where musicians play in a plush theater boasting some of the best acoustics East of the Mississippi, here the stage is the barnyard.
Movie studios began boasting today about their Oscar nominations, which included a torrent for "Rain Man" and an overtime bonus for the hardworking Sigourney Weaver.
But stations boasting non-format formats have some restrictions.
(Fidelity hasn't decided whether it will continue advertising Magellan's 10-year record.) Ignore the boasting, say fund analysts.
One chief dealer at a London bank, who must remain nameless, recently admitted that he had taken home a gross salary of nearly Pounds 250,000 in 1992. With returns like that, foreign exchange managers ought to be boasting of success all over London.
Carpet king Sir Phil Harris, aiming to resume his throne on the stock market next week, is understandably boasting how he likes to offer his Carpetright customers value.
Instead of emphasizing strengths, the Tories are trying to neutralize their weaknesses by boasting of how much money they really are spending on, say, the National Health Service.

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