柯林斯英汉双解大词典
vaunt /vɔːnt/
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1.
V to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc) boastfully 自夸
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2.
N a boast 自吹自擂
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Another man was vaunting to a stout farmer the excellence of his shoes.
另一个人正在向一个身体壮实的农夫吹嘘他的鞋子的优点。
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He raised his battle axe, and rising in his stirrups cut down the vaunting foe.
他举起战斧，在马镫上站起来，把那大言不惭的对手砍倒了。
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WITH Turkey vaunting itself as a model for the Arab world, the tendency is to see its 50-year-old goal of joining the European Union as dead.
随着土耳其展示出自己作为阿拉伯国家榜样的高傲姿态，以此趋势可以预见它50年的加入欧盟梦想将要宣告结束。
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Now we might at first think that Satan's vaunting here is the product of nothing more elevated than hate and a desire for revenge, but Milton's doing something truly extraordinary.
我们首先会想到撒旦之所以在这里自吹自擂,不过是因为他的仇恨和复仇的欲望，不过弥尔顿在这里做了不同寻常的艺术处理。
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