Word · Frequency #20498
brag
吹嘘；自夸
核心释义
show off
- 1.
炫耀
show off
炫耀；吹牛
用法In use
He always brags about how much he can lift at the gym.
用法提示：brag about 意为“吹嘘、炫耀”，此处为动词原形，后接话题。
She bragged that her team had finished the project in just two days.
用法提示：bragged 是 brag 的过去式，接 that 从句说明炫耀的内容。
Stop bragging about your new phone and let me see it.
用法提示：bragging 是 brag 的 -ing 形式，与 Stop 搭配表示“别再吹嘘”。
brag about sth
about 后可接名词、动名词，也可接 how、what 等引导的从句。
He keeps bragging about how much money he earns.
他总是吹嘘自己挣多少钱。
brag that ...
that 从句常用来引出自夸的具体内容，从句可用过去完成时表示更早发生的事。
She bragged that she had never lost a game.
她吹嘘自己从未输过一场比赛。
brag to sb about sth
to 引出向谁炫耀，about 引出炫耀的内容，两者顺序一般不能颠倒。
Tom bragged to his classmates about his new phone.
汤姆向同学炫耀他的新手机。
Verb forms
base brag · third person brags · -ing bragging · past bragged · past participle bragged
规则动词
常见错误Common mistakes
易错句子He always brags his new phone.正确表达He always brags about his new phone.
brag 作不及物动词使用，后面不能直接接宾语；表示“炫耀某物”时必须说 brag about sth.。汉语“炫耀”可以直接带宾语（炫耀新手机），所以学习者容易漏掉介词 about。
易错句子Yesterday she brag about her promotion.正确表达Yesterday she bragged about her promotion.
brag 是规则动词，过去式要加 -ed 变为 bragged，不能继续用原形。汉语动词没有时态变化，遇到 yesterday 这类过去时间状语时，学习者容易忘记改形。
易错句子He is always brag about his salary.正确表达He is always bragging about his salary.
be 动词后面需要接现在分词构成进行时，brag 的 -ing 形式要双写 g 写成 bragging。汉语动词没有形态变化，所以学习者常在 be 后直接放原形。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- brag about
- 吹嘘（某事）
- Stop bragging about your test scores.别在吹嘘你的考试成绩了。
- brag to
- 向…炫耀
- He bragged to everyone at the party about his new job.他在聚会上向每个人炫耀自己的新工作。
- brag that
- 夸口说
- She bragged that she had never lost a game.她夸口说自己从未输过比赛。
- bragging rights
- 炫耀的资本
- Our team won, so we have bragging rights for now.我们队赢了，所以现在我们有炫耀的资本。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
brag 中含 rag（破布）：吹牛者把破布当锦缎炫耀。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、social media brag 多用于非正式场合，指得意地吹嘘自己的成就或所有物，语气常带贬义；正式或谨慎表达时通常改用 talk proudly about 等说法。
语法说明Grammar Note
通常与介词 about 连用；可接 that 从句（但视为不及物用法）
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All the words above end in /æɡ/ and truly rhyme with 'brag' (/bræɡ/). Spelling warning: 'bra' (/brɑː/) looks like the first part of 'brag' but is pronounced differently, so it is not a rhyme. Also, 'bag' and 'baggage' differ in pronunciation: 'bag' rhymes, but 'baggage' (/ˈbæɡɪdʒ/) does not.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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