blush
同义：flush
辨析：flush (v.), blush, shy (a.)
flush指因发烧，窘迫或强烈的感情而脸红。She flushed with the success of her
performance in the speech contest.shy
意为害羞的，指因陌生或缺乏经验而脸红。 The little girl is shy before strange people. blush 指因羞愧而脸红。He blushed at his own audacity.
词组：blush with /for/at +名词为……..而羞红了脸。
blush (n.)
词组：1.at (the)first ~ 乍一看；据初步印象：At first ~ , he thought they would be a perfect couple.乍一看，他认为他们会成为天造地设的一对。
2. put sb. to the ~ 使某人受窘脸红
3. spare sb’s ~ es(口)不让某人受窘；You should not say all these nice things about me spare my ~ es! 你不该讲我这么多好话---别让我难为情!
boast
同义：brag
辨析：boast, brag
1.boast意为自夸，以有………自豪，有时指得意地显示自己的成功。 He does not
want other people to think he is boasting.
2.brag意为自吹自擂，吹牛，有时暗含着虚张声势，还有一傲慢的态度。He bragged that he would win.
反义：belittle, depreciate
词组：boast about of 夸耀。
练习：He ____of having got a perfect score on the exam.
A. boasts B. boats C. bounds D. boosts
练习答案：
选A。译文：他因考试得满分面洋洋自得。本是形近词辨析题。
Boast是夸耀，为……而自得；boat是名词，小船；bound跳跃boost抬高价格。
派生：boastful(a.)自吹自擂的，喜欢自夸的：talk in ~ terms用自夸的言词讲话。

bold
同义：brave, courageous, rude
词组：1.(as)~ as brass极其胆大妄为，极为唐突放肆：He sat there as ~ as
brass and refused to leave.他大模大样地坐在那儿,竟然拒绝离去。

2.make(或 be)(so)…不顾唐突….,冒昧…..：I made ~ to offer my
suggestion.我冒昧提出我的建议。
3.make~ with 擅自动用，随意对待：In his article he made ~ with the facts.
他在文章中任意篡改事实。
练习：It is _____of you to drive alone late at night.
A. strong B. bold C. bald D.encouraged
练习答案：
选B。译文：你真大胆，竟在深夜独自驾车。本题是词义辨析题。bold勇敢，大胆，做
事冒失strong 健壮的；bald秃头的；encouraged受鼓励的。