brag about
collocation吹嘘（某事）
Stop bragging about your test scores.
别在吹嘘你的考试成绩了。
吹嘘；自夸
bragging — present participle of brag
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吹嘘；自夸
show off
He always brags about how much he can lift at the gym.
他总在健身房吹嘘自己能举多重。
炫耀
show off
brag
Base
原形
brags
3rd person
第三人称单数
bragging
-ing
现在分词
bragged
Past
过去式
bragged
Past participle
过去分词
He brags about his achievements.
他吹嘘自己的成就。
She bragged about winning the contest.
她吹嘘赢了比赛。
He has bragged many times.
他吹嘘过很多次。
规则动词
She bragged that her team had finished the project in just two days.
她吹嘘说自己的团队只用了两天就完成了这个项目。
Stop bragging about your new phone and let me see it.
别再炫耀你的新手机了，让我看看。
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吹嘘（某事）
Stop bragging about your test scores.
别在吹嘘你的考试成绩了。
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。
夸口说
She bragged that she had never lost a game.
她夸口说自己从未输过比赛。
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。
炫耀的资本；吹嘘的权利
Our team won the match, so we have bragging rights over them now.
我们队赢了比赛，所以现在我们有了在他们面前炫耀的资本。
如果你能证明，就不算吹牛。
This famous saying about bragging, often linked to baseball player Dizzy Dean, means you have the right to boast if you can prove your claims.
这句关于吹牛的名言常与棒球运动员迪齐·迪恩联系在一起，意思是如果你能证明自己的话，你就有资格炫耀。
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brag 中含 rag（破布）：吹牛者把破布当锦缎炫耀。
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。
通常与介词 about 连用；可接 that 从句（但视为不及物用法）
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