Vaunt

(noun.) extravagant self-praise.

校对:蒂米

• A man who could never sufficiently vaunt himself a self-made man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• A most pithy vaunt, said he--one that redounds vastly to the credit of your dear Yorkshire friends. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Spit in the fire if thou must vaunt thy courage. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Bear with me, brother, although I should something vaunt myself. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She saw perfectly well the other woman's vaunt: it seemed truly vulgar. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The vaunted skill turns out gross ineptitude. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• We cannot touch the disease, with all our poor vaunted skill. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The vaunted steadiness of pulse failed him for an instant. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• To reverse the process of the transformation and produce radium from the base metal lead would be an achievement greater than the vaunted transmutations of the alchemists. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• As to connexion, there Emma was perfectly easy; persuaded, that after all his own vaunted claims and disdain of Harriet, he had done nothing. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Would to God, Richard, or any of his vaunting minions of England, would appear in these lists! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She noted this new expression of vaunting. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• As the matter is, disturb not the peaceful hall with vaunts of the issue of the conflict, which you well know cannot take place. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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