美国人这样说英语 第13期:爱吹牛

 　　boastful

　　爱吹牛的

　　I can't stand him.He's just a boastful.

　　我实在是受够他了，他太爱吹牛了。

　　be all talk

　　只会说空话

　　He's all talk I wouldn't take him too seriously if I were you.

　　他只会说空话，我要是你的话，就不会把他的话放在心上。

　　boast

　　自夸

　　He always boasting about how clever his children are.

　　他总是夸夸其谈他的孩子有多聪明。

　　brag¹

　　吹牛

　　I wish she'd stop bragging² about how rich her husbaand is.

　　我希望她不要再吹牛说她丈夫多有钱了。

　　name dropping

　　通过提知名人物以示相识而抬高自己身份

　　"When I met the hillbilly cat,"said Steve,name dropping, "He seemed a very nice man."

　　史蒂夫自夸说：“我见过猫王，他看起来非常亲切。”

1 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。

2 bragging   

v.自夸，吹嘘( brag的现在分词 )；大话

参考例句：

• He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer. 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。 来自辞典例句
• Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. 这就是夸口，亲爱的。你明知道你不必吹。 来自辞典例句