boastful
adj.自夸的 (bragging, conceited)
When telling of her success, Mary tried not to be boastful.
談到成功時,瑪麗盡量不自吹自擂。
boast
vi.自夸vt.吹噓(brag, self-praise)
He boasted about the big fish he had caught.
他吹噓自己釣到了一條大魚。
bombastic
adj.夸大的 (boastful)
brag
vt.夸張(boast, talk big)
Sue bragged that she could eat an entire pie in two minutes.
蘇夸口說她能在兩分鐘內吃下一整塊餡餅。
exaggerate
v.夸大,夸張 (overstate, overemphasize)
Bill exaggerates every story he tells his friends.
比爾把他告訴朋友的每件事都夸大了。
pretentious
adj.裝腔作勢的(showy, ostentatious)
overstate
vt.把…說得過分,夸大 (exaggerate)
magniloquent
adj.夸大的,言過其實的
communicate
vt.傳達 vi. 通信;交流
Mary communicated the news as tactfully as she could.
瑪麗盡可能巧妙地傳達了這個消息。
consort
vt.結交(associate, connect)
Father is annoyed that his daughter consorts with all kinds of strange people.
父親對女兒與各種各樣奇怪的人交往感到惱火。
correspondence
n.通信
Jane saved all of her grandmother's correspondence.
簡保存了她祖母所有的信件。
disseminate
vt.散布,傳播 (disperse, distribute, spread, impart)
The public relations department disseminates information.
公關部發布信息。
impart
vt.給予;傳遞 (disseminate);告訴 (inform)
A teacher's job is mainly imparting knowledge to students.
教師的主要工作是向學生傳授知識。