brag

Word family

brag /bræɡ/ verb (bragged, bragging) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

BOASTto talk too proudly about what you have done, what you own etc – used to show disapproval 自夸，吹嘘〔含贬义〕 SYN boast

‘I came out top in the test, ’ he bragged.

“我测验得了最高分。”他吹嘘道。

brag about

Ben’s always bragging about his success with women.

本总是吹嘘他对女人很有办法。

brag that

Julia used to brag that her family had a villa in Spain.

朱莉娅以前老吹嘘她家在西班牙有一栋别墅。

Examples from the Corpus

brag• I wish she'd stop bragging about how rich her parents are.• I may be bragging about myself though.• Immodest, she will brag about pressures she faces.• In short, they have nothing to brag about.• We have no company to brag on any more.• And within the field, status comes from puffing up racial bragging points.• Kevin used to brag that he'd had dozens of girlfriends.• He bragged that he had made it with all five of the New York Dolls when he was sixteen.

brag that• He bragged that he had made it with all five of the New York Dolls when he was sixteen.• The 35-year veteran of Capitol Hill can not brag that he knows how to pass bills through the Senate.• He bragged that he needed a special licence to bring it on the bus.• One of the guards bragged that he was in the Ku Klux Klan.• A witness heard him bragging that he was responsible for all three murders.

brag verb

Chinese

Corpus

TOEFL BNC: 20498 COCA: 8048

brag verb
⇨ boast

TOEFL BNC: 20498 COCA: 8048

brag

To boast or show off: boast, show off, brag...

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