词组 | boast |
释义 | boast /bəʊst $ boʊst/ verb to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions: He boasted that he could throw the ball further than anyone.prepositionsboast about sth He’s always boasting about how much money he has made.boast of sth The company is inclined to boast of its success.THESAURUS: boast brag to boast in a way that annoys other people. Brag is more informal than boast: He was bragging about how many girlfriends he had had. | I don’t think they have anything to brag about. | Paul bragged that his car was better than theirs. crow to boast about something you have achieved, when other people have been less lucky or successful: Nordstrom and his supporters are still crowing about winning the lawsuit. gloat to behave in a way that shows that you are proud of your own success and happy about someone else’s failure: The Australians are still gloating over their victory over England. | The liberals are gloating and celebrating all over town. | I haven’t come to gloat! We all have to lose sometimes. |
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