Boastful

(adj.) exhibiting self-importance; 'big talk' .

汉丽埃塔整理

• A hearty kissing I got for a welcome, and some boastful triumph, which I swallowed as well as I could. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He declared, in his boastful way, that we should see the Diamond on his finger, if the English army took Seringapatam. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• There was a rakish, vagabond smartness, and a kind of boastful rascality, about the whole man, that was worth a mine of gold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Still, on the whole, it is possible to be too boastful even of that boon. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• False and boastful conceits and phrases mount upwards and take their place. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• They say, those boastful English, that it is the Refuge of many. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• They were all feverish, boastful, and indefinably loose; and they all ate and drank a great deal; and made bets in eating and drinking. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

整理:昆廷