前面的单词辨析中，跟大家分享了Claim和ask, beg, demand, require, request的区别，这在英语学习中是非常常见的一个环节，要想快速地提高单词量，单词辨析可以帮助大家在段时间内找到很好的思路，尤其大量的单词整合在一起的时候，这不仅可以快速地了解不同单词的意思，还可以认识到它们之间的差异。例如，今天给大家分享的这几个：Pride和boast, brag, crow的区别，看着像，但是实际上有差异。
西贝君将通过具体的例子来跟大家剖析这几个单词：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-pride-boast-brag-crow.html
相同之处
当动词用时，这些单词都有“自夸，吹嘘”的意思。文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-pride-boast-brag-crow.html
不同之处
- boast：普通用词，指对自己所做的事，自己的长处、财富以及家庭等的夸耀，常含言过其实的意味；
- brag：非正式用词，其夸耀和吹嘘意味强于boast，到了过分夸大，有时令人讨厌的地步；
- crow：多指大声吵嚷地吹嘘，夸耀自己做某事比他人做得好；
- pride与boast的意义较接近，指炫耀、夸口，自鸣得意，常与反身代词连用。
pride
- vt. 使得意，以…自豪
来看一个来自大西洋月刊的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-pride-boast-brag-crow.html
- Discussing People magazine’s recent choice of Lupita Nyong’o as the most beautiful woman in the world, Jones dug into the beauty standards that society often applies to black women, and into her pride and insecurities about her own self-image.— David Sims, The Atlantic, "Saturday Night Live," 7 Sep. 2019
- 在谈到《人物》杂志最近选择卢皮塔·尼昂奥为世界上最美丽的女性时，琼斯深入探讨了社会对黑人女性通常适用的美貌标准，以及她对自身形象的骄傲和不安全感。
boast
- vt. & vi. 自夸
来看一个来自华盛顿邮报的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-pride-boast-brag-crow.html
- The senators gave him plaudits on vaping but were silent during his boasts about his political victories.— The Washington Post, oregonlive, "White House readies gun plan, but Trump still conflicted," 14 Sep. 2019
- 参议员们对他鼓掌喝彩，但在他夸耀自己的政治胜利时，他缄口不言。
文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-pride-boast-brag-crow.html
brag
- vt. & vi. 自夸, 吹嘘
来看一个来自国家评论杂志的例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-pride-boast-brag-crow.html
- Those who brag of wanting to violently attack the president should worry about where their boasts will finally lead if any of the thousands of James Hodgkinsons in America take such threats seriously and act on them.— Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, "The Dangerous Invective against Trump," 1 Aug. 2019
- 那些吹嘘想要暴力攻击总统的人应该担心，如果美国成千上万的詹姆斯·霍奇金森中的任何一个认真对待这些威胁并采取行动，他们的自夸最终会导致什么后果。
crow
- vi. 报晓；啼叫
关联例子：文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-pride-boast-brag-crow.html
- The crow of the cock is a harbinger of dawn.
- 鸡啼报晓。
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单词辨析：motion, move, shift, shifting, stir, stirring的区别文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-pride-boast-brag-crow.html
单词辨析：clue, cue, hint, inkling, intimation, lead的区别文章源自西贝博客-https://qinghe.me/how-to-differ-words-pride-boast-brag-crow.html
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