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单词 bragging
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Definition of bragging in English:

bragging

noun ˈbraɡɪŋˈbræɡɪŋ
mass noun
  • Excessively proud and boastful talk about one's achievements or possessions.

    she interrupted their endless bragging
    a little honest bragging doesn't hurt anyone
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has never talked to Benjamin about his accomplishments, however, because it would be breaking the rules against bragging.
    • Too bad Ralph needs her to back up his bragging to a fellow worker.
    • After failing to win the award several years ago because of drunken bragging, Mansfield chooses to stop speaking.
    • He carefully thinks about and believes what he says, and he can usually back up his bragging.
    • Since the results came out at the end of April, the newspapers have been awash with bragging.
    • He himself contributes little beyond an "uh," some "ahs," and a little mild bragging.
    • His brief military career formed the basis of his bragging.
    • Hampering her diligent efforts was the unchecked bragging of more senior network executives.
    • Bragging might not always be a rational behavior.
    • There is no bragging, no lament.
adjective ˈbraɡɪŋˈbræɡɪŋ
  • Exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or boastfulness.

    a competitive, bragging culture
    we became involved in a lively bragging session
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Put simply, it's bragging time—not quite the "nah nah nah nah nah we're in government and you aren't" type, but close enough.
    • Your bragging buddies turn to you, and this time you say, "I'm about to unleash my ideavirus!"
    • The bragging number of 30,000 is technically correct, but the real number sold is only 20,000.
    • She got real bragging points—and her second Best Actress Oscar—for totally de-glamorizing herself to play an aging, overweight, hard-drinking shrew.
    • That was completely a bragging statement, but I am just being honest.
    • A victory can work wonders—making your product look superior, making your website more impressive, and offering great bragging material.
    • There's a heroes' guild from which you choose quests, and a bragging platform where you gain additional fame by opting to take on specific missions.
    • He refers to Jan's account of his affair with a society lady as "the sort of bragging lie that kids like to tell."
    • UN prosecutors seek to prove his guilt by drawing on his wartime diaries, radio intercepts, and bragging appearances he made on television during the war.
    • This week's show features a bragging competition in which freelance journalists may openly boast about how many free Xboxes they have so far obtained.

Derivatives

  • braggingly

  • adverb
    • The prison guard braggingly said he could take us into the house where Mandela was kept before his final release.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You cannot braggingly proclaim that your tyranny has trumped me.
      • We'll help each other create strong donor loyalty, a pipeline of enthusiastic and engaged donors, and braggingly high retention rates.
      • They say this braggingly, as if this is a good thing.
      • What can be done to generate braggingly happy customers?
 
 

Definition of bragging in US English:

bragging

nounˈbræɡɪŋˈbraɡiNG
  • Excessively proud and boastful talk about one's achievements or possessions.

    she interrupted their endless bragging
    a little honest bragging doesn't hurt anyone
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has never talked to Benjamin about his accomplishments, however, because it would be breaking the rules against bragging.
    • Too bad Ralph needs her to back up his bragging to a fellow worker.
    • Bragging might not always be a rational behavior.
    • Since the results came out at the end of April, the newspapers have been awash with bragging.
    • He carefully thinks about and believes what he says, and he can usually back up his bragging.
    • Hampering her diligent efforts was the unchecked bragging of more senior network executives.
    • His brief military career formed the basis of his bragging.
    • He himself contributes little beyond an "uh," some "ahs," and a little mild bragging.
    • After failing to win the award several years ago because of drunken bragging, Mansfield chooses to stop speaking.
    • There is no bragging, no lament.
adjectiveˈbræɡɪŋˈbraɡiNG
  • Exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or boastfulness.

    a competitive, bragging culture
    we became involved in a lively bragging session
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She got real bragging points—and her second Best Actress Oscar—for totally de-glamorizing herself to play an aging, overweight, hard-drinking shrew.
    • UN prosecutors seek to prove his guilt by drawing on his wartime diaries, radio intercepts, and bragging appearances he made on television during the war.
    • There's a heroes' guild from which you choose quests, and a bragging platform where you gain additional fame by opting to take on specific missions.
    • A victory can work wonders—making your product look superior, making your website more impressive, and offering great bragging material.
    • That was completely a bragging statement, but I am just being honest.
    • Put simply, it's bragging time—not quite the "nah nah nah nah nah we're in government and you aren't" type, but close enough.
    • This week's show features a bragging competition in which freelance journalists may openly boast about how many free Xboxes they have so far obtained.
    • The bragging number of 30,000 is technically correct, but the real number sold is only 20,000.
    • He refers to Jan's account of his affair with a society lady as "the sort of bragging lie that kids like to tell."
    • Your bragging buddies turn to you, and this time you say, "I'm about to unleash my ideavirus!"
 
 
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