| 词汇 | boastful |
| 释义 | boastful adjective disapprovinguk /ˈbəʊst.fəl/ us /ˈboʊst.fəl/ praising yourself and what you have done自吹自擂的，自夸的 boastful boastfulHe was confident, not boastful. bumptiousHis critics have depicted him as a bumptious, privately-educated son of privilege. ostentatiousShe is not impressed by his ostentatious displays of wealth. full of yourselfCarolyn liked confident guys, but thought Oscar a bit too brash and full of himself. overweeningHis overweening arrogance is matched only by his incompetence. Boasting bighead blow blow your own trumpetidiom blowhard boast boastfully brag braggadocio braggadocious braggart bragging rights chest-thumping crow crow about something flex humblebrag outbrag swaggerer toot toot your own hornidiom Related wordsboastfully boastfulness As he drank he grew boastful. He referred in this irreverent and boastful speech to his grandmother, the regent. Luck, misleading and alluring, favored Jack for a while, transforming him until he was radiant, boastful, exultant. The note referred in boastful language to the victorious German armies. boastful | American Dictionaryboastful adjective us/ˈboʊst·fəl/ boastfuladjective (SPEAK PROUDLY)having a tendency to praise yourself and what you have done Examples of boastfulboastful Their profiles are for the most part their self-representations, and it is clear that they make boastful claims about their prowess as warriors on behalf of their communities. I do not want to sound boastful, but my report should not be reduced to that issue. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There is nothing personally boastful about that statement, because it is in the nature of the case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say that in any boastful spirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not unduly boastful to say that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that it is boastful for me to say so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From a national point of view we generally are not a boastful people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that they have traditionally been proud—boastful even—to be the high-tax, high-spending, high-borrowing and high-inflation party. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have in the past, unfortunately, been very boastful of controlling the world and even the ocean. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say this in any boastful way, but merely to show how much could be done with a little encouragement and help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will be seen as a tired and enfeebled colossus, a continent filled with boastful babble, fragile and old, nothing more than a historical museum. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It would be boastful to suggest that we had it perfectly right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He faced death, not with a boastful gaiety, but with a confident gaiety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without being unduly boastful, that is not a bad record for two years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same boastful, arrogant and ignorant assertions are being made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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