humble-brag如何读

hum·​ble·​bragˈhəm-bəl-ˌbrag

humble-brag英英释义

verb

transitive + intransitive

to make a seemingly modest, self-critical, or casual statement or reference that is meant to draw attention to one's admirable or impressive qualities or achievements In the study, college students were asked to write down how they'd answer a question about their biggest weakness in a job interview. Results showed that more than three-quarters of participants humblebragged, usually about being a perfectionist or working too hard.—Shana Leibowitz Beyond the angel's wings, there was preening and posing and fake modesty, perhaps best represented when he humblebragged to the audience that his "One Less Lonely Girl" choice had "come all the way from Sweden just to see me."—Ben Fisher

People make themselves look smart, humble-bragging about reading what's billed as one of the 20th century's most difficult books.—Mark Chiusano

verb

transitive + intransitive

to make a seemingly modest, self-critical, or casual statement or reference that is meant to draw attention to one's admirable or impressive qualities or achievements In the study, college students were asked to write down how they'd answer a question about their biggest weakness in a job interview. Results showed that more than three-quarters of participants humblebragged, usually about being a perfectionist or working too hard.—Shana Leibowitz Beyond the angel's wings, there was preening and posing and fake modesty, perhaps best represented when he humblebragged to the audience that his "One Less Lonely Girl" choice had "come all the way from Sweden just to see me."—Ben Fisher

People make themselves look smart, humble-bragging about reading what's billed as one of the 20th century's most difficult books.—Mark Chiusano

humble-brag词源英文解释

The first known use of humblebrag was in 2002

humble-brag 例句

1 Sometimes the homeowners are present to humblebrag about, say, the difficulty of securing the permits for such an extreme build; often enough, however, only the architect wants to talk.

2 Meanwhile, Tia humblebrags to the rest of the group about her date with Colton.

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