A useful picture: holding something of yours up in the air so everyone has to look at it — my grades, my car, my son. The thing may be real; what marks a boast is the lifting-up, the wanting to be admired.
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原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
boastnoun詞源 1/bəʊst/
- 1
A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
- 2
Something that one brags about.
- It was his regular boast that he could eat two full English breakfasts in one sitting.
- 3
ball-gamesgameshobbiesA shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
boastverb詞源 1/bəʊst/
- 1
To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
- On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.
- 2
(used with "about" or "of") To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- Lest bad men should boast / Their specious deeds.
- The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
- 3
obsoleteTo speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
- In God we boast all the day long.
- 4
ball-gamesgameshobbiesTo play a boast shot.
- 5
To possess (a special and desirable quality).
- The hotel boasts one of the best views of the sea.
- His family boasted a famous name.
boastverb詞源 2/bəʊst/
- 1
businessconstructionmanufacturingTo dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
- 2
To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
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