| 词汇 | brag |
| 释义 | brag verb[ I ] informaldisapprovinguk /bræɡ/ us /bræɡ/-gg- to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own: 吹嘘，夸耀 She's always bragging about how much money she earns.她老是吹嘘自己挣钱如何如何多。 [ + that ]They bragged that their team had never been beaten.他们夸耀说他们队从未输过。 Synonym boast to boast about something boastI don't mean to boast, but I got a promotion well ahead of schedule. bragShe likes to brag about how her son is a doctor. crowHe won't stop crowing about how much money he makes. trumpetHe's always trumpeting his latest triumph. show offShe likes to show off by wearing expensive shoes wherever she goes. Boasting bighead blow blow your own trumpetidiom blowhard boast boastful boastfulness braggadocio braggadocious braggart bragging rights chest-thumping crow crow about something flex humblebrag outbrag swaggerer toot toot your own hornidiom brag | American Dictionarybrag verb[ I ] us/bræɡ/-gg- to speak with pride, often with too much pride, about something you have done or something you possess: She was bragging about her golf game. The government has been bragging about the good economy. Examples of bragbrag And they appropriate this attributed authenticity for themselves to increase their own, yes, 'nocturnal capital', earning them bragging rights back home. She should not have disgusting habits, engage in mindless chattering or brag about her own generosity. No one ever asked which tribe you come from, let alone brag about their tribal origin. Indeed, they have not bragged at all that they have done one iota during the past two and a half years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We gladly brag about that with undisguised pride. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I was merely trying to make the point that we have done a little bragging about our educational system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A common complaint made to me is that children under 10 —the age of criminal responsibility —brag that the police cannot touch them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This year, the upswing in brag and boast was especially pronounced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was at the time when he used to brag about the prospects of falling tea prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The nation's teeth are nothing to brag about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is half a glass of rather indifferent wine, does she not agree that there is naught but the lees to brag of? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a great difference between bragging about one's achievements and being rather satisfied with them and quietly letting people know. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The men who have committed the crimes walk free; they bragged about it on the documentary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are able to carry out our programme, and how we brag about it! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since he is beginning to brag about purchase tax reductions, would he now accept that the pensioners will get nothing out of that either? 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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