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vaunted

a. 自夸的, 大肆吹嘘的, 自负的

Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vaunting}.] [F. vanter, LL. vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See
{Vain}.]
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,
attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk
ostentatiously; to brag.

Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what
he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. --Gov.
of Tongue.

A lot of users were still trying to figure out just what difference IBM's Micro Channel makes when rumors began circulating last month about a personal computer coming from Big Blue that won't have the vaunted Micro Channel.
Government approval of Montedison S.p.A.'s joint venture with Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, or ENI, should come by midweek, eliminating the last obstacle to Italy's vaunted chemicals-industry restructuring.
These vaunted "concessions" are in fact guaranteed wage increases, regardless of business conditions for airline employees whose compensation averages 65% above the industry generally.
But this plant, little changed from when it was built on the fringe of this tourist town in the early 1960s, hardly qualifies as an example of vaunted Japanese efficiency.
Indeed, the blending of Mr. Klein's design skills and Mr. Schwartz's vaunted business savvy is storybook lore on Seventh Avenue.
The Kremlin's vaunted gold holdings are nowhere detailed nor is foreign exchange accounted for.
Public hostility toward elected leaders has grown in the last few years as politicians have vaunted their wealth, power, position and privileges.
Japan's vaunted export machine was able to achieve only a 9.5% increase in export volumes over the same period.
His unit was among those that conducted the vaunted western flanking maneuver that in three days went from northern Saudia Arabia toward Basra, Iraq, to attack the western flank of the Republican Guard.
Robertson's success had been predicted, since his vaunted organizational juggernaut works best in caucus states.
His vaunted army is fit mainly for attacking fat and defenseless sheiks or fighting the most primitive war of attrition.

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