a boaster about [sth]
about后接自夸的具体内容。
He is a boaster about his achievements.
他是一个自夸自己成就的人。
自夸的人,好自夸者
吹牛者;自夸者;一个非常自夸和爱说话的人;石匠用的宽面凿子。;自夸的人
吹牛者;自夸者
One who boasts; a braggart.
一个非常自夸和爱说话的人
a very boastful and talkative person
石匠用的宽面凿子。
A stonemason's broad-faced chisel.
At the party, the boaster kept talking about his own achievements nonstop.
在聚会上,那个自夸的人不停地谈论自己的成就。
用法提示:boaster 作主语,指一个爱自夸的人,与语境中的社交场合搭配。
The team grew tired of the boaster who claimed he alone won every game.
团队对那个吹嘘自己独自赢得每场比赛的自夸者感到厌烦。
用法提示:boaster 作宾语,指代一个具体的人,用于描述团队中令人反感的行为。
Despite being a boaster, he failed to deliver on any of his promises.
尽管是个自夸的人,他却未能兑现任何承诺。
用法提示:boaster 作表语,通过转折结构突出其言行不一的特点。
about后接自夸的具体内容。
He is a boaster about his achievements.
他是一个自夸自己成就的人。
常用作表语。
She is such a boaster.
她真是个自夸的人。
较正式,常含贬义
非正式,口语化,强调夸夸其谈
中性词,直接描述行为
侧重表现自己,不限于言语
强调以自我为中心,不一定是言语上
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a very boaster person.
正确表达He is a very boastful person.
boaster是名词,意为“自夸的人”,不能用作形容词。应改用形容词boastful来描述人的性格。
grammar · medium
易错句子He likes to boaster about his achievements.
正确表达He likes to boast about his achievements.
boaster是名词,而此处需要动词原形。表示“自夸”的动词是boast。
boast作名词指自夸的言论或行为,而boaster指进行自夸的人
boastful是形容词,修饰人或事物,意为爱吹嘘的;boaster是名词,指爱吹嘘的人
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