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单词 brag
释义
brag
verb[I]
informaldisapproving
uk
/bræɡ/us
/bræɡ/
-gg-
tospeaktooproudlyabout what you have done or what you own:
吹嘘，夸耀
She's always braggingabouthow muchmoneysheearns.她老是吹嘘自己挣钱如何如何多。
[+ that]They braggedthattheirteamhad never beenbeaten.他们夸耀说他们队从未输过。
Synonym
boast
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Boasting
  • bighead
  • blow
  • blowyourown trumpet/hornidiom
  • blowhard
  • boast
  • boastful
  • boastfully
  • boastfulness
  • braggadocio
  • braggadocious
  • braggart
  • bragging rights
  • chest-beating
  • chest-thumping
  • crow
  • flex
  • humblebrag
  • outbrag
  • rodomontade
  • swaggerer
(Definition ofbragfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

brag| American Dictionary

brag
verb[I]
us
/bræɡ/
-gg-
tospeakwithpride, often with too muchpride, about something you have done or something youpossess:
She was bragging about hergolfgame.
Thegovernmenthas been bragging about the goodeconomy.
(Definition ofbragfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrag

brag
And they appropriate this attributed authenticity for themselves to increase their own, yes, 'nocturnal capital', earning them bragging rights back home.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She should not have disgusting habits, engage in mindless chattering orbragabout her own generosity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
No one ever asked which tribe you come from, let alonebragabout their tribal origin.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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
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We gladlybragabout that with undisguised pride.
FromEuroparl 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
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A common complaint made to me is that children under 10 —the age of criminal responsibility —bragthat the police cannot touch them.
From the
Hansard archive
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This year, the upswing inbragand boast was especially pronounced.
From the
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That was at the time when he used tobragabout the prospects of falling tea prices.
From the
Hansard archive
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The nation's teeth are nothing tobragabout.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 tobragof?
From the
Hansard archive
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There is a great difference between bragging about one's achievements and being rather satisfied with them and quietly letting people know.
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Hansard archive
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The men who have committed the crimes walk free; they bragged about it on the documentary.
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We are able to carry out our programme, and how webragabout it!
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Since he is beginning tobragabout 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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