boastful

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boastful 是一个形容词,用来形容一个人喜欢自夸、炫耀自己的成就或能力,带有自负和骄傲的意味。

用法要点

句型搭配

boastful 通常用作定语或表语,描述人的性格或行为。在句子中,它可以修饰名词或与系动词连用。

• a boastful person
• He is boastful about his success.
• She made a boastful claim.

介词用法

boastful 常与介词 about 或 of 连用,表示对某事或某物的自夸。about 更常用,强调具体内容;of 较正式,但较少见。

• boastful about his wealth
• boastful of his achievements
• boastful about the new car

语域说明

boastful 在正式和非正式语境中都可用,但通常带有负面含义,暗示不谦虚或令人反感。在口语中,它可能被更随意的词如 bragging 替代。

• boastful tone in the speech
• boastful attitude at work
• boastful comments online

基础例句

He is always boastful about his new job, which annoys his friends.

他总是对新工作自夸不已,这让他的朋友们很烦。

She sounded boastful when she talked about her vacation in Europe.

她谈论欧洲度假时听起来很自夸。

Don't be so boastful; it's better to stay humble.

别这么自夸,保持谦虚更好。

His boastful attitude made it hard for others to like him.

他自负的态度让别人很难喜欢他。

高级例句

In the business meeting, his boastful presentation about past successes failed to impress the investors.

在商务会议上,他自夸过去成功的演示未能打动投资者。

The academic paper was criticized for its boastful tone, which undermined its credibility.

这篇学术论文因自夸的语气受到批评,损害了其可信度。

Her boastful claims in the interview raised doubts about her qualifications for the leadership role.

她在面试中自夸的言论引发了对她领导职位资格的质疑。

The company's boastful marketing campaign backfired when customers discovered the product's flaws.

当顾客发现产品缺陷时,公司自夸的营销活动适得其反。

高频搭配

verb

be boastfulsound boastfulbecome boastfulseem boastfulact boastful

adjective

boastful personboastful attitudeboastful behaviorboastful toneboastful claim

noun

boastfulnessboastful natureboastful speechboastful mannerboastful pride

adverb

overly boastfulexcessively boastfulunnecessarily boastfulopenly boastfulconstantly boastful

preposition

boastful aboutboastful ofboastful inboastful withboastful towards

phrase

boastful and arrogantboastful to a faultboastful in victoryboastful beyond beliefboastful without reason

常见错误

❌ 错误:He is boastful on his skills.
✓ 正确:He is boastful about his skills.

错误使用了介词 on。boastful 通常与 about 或 of 连用,about 更常见,表示对某事自夸。

❌ 错误:She has a boastful to her friends.
✓ 正确:She is boastful to her friends.

错误地将 boastful 用作名词或误用结构。boastful 是形容词,应直接描述人或行为,如 'She is boastful' 或 'She acts boastful'。

近义词辨析

arrogant

arrogant 强调傲慢和轻视他人,而 boastful 更侧重于口头上的自夸和炫耀。arrogant 可能不直接涉及言语,但整体态度高傲。

He is boastful about his wealth (自夸财富), but he is arrogant in his interactions (在互动中傲慢)。

conceited

conceited 指过度自负或自恋,通常基于对自己能力或外貌的高估;boastful 更具体地指通过言语表达这种自负。conceited 可能更内在,boastful 更外显。

She is conceited about her looks (对自己的外貌自负), and she is boastful about her achievements (对自己的成就自夸)。