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成人高考学位英语词汇中易混淆词二

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成人高考学位英语词汇中易混淆词二

  26.alter, change

  作不及物动词时,两者可通用。

  作及物动词时,alter是对局部,表面的改变,而change则是对本质的,全面的,彻底的改变。如:Can you alter the dress? (你会改做这件衣服吗?)Can you change the dress?(你能给我更换这件衣服吗?)

  27.altogether, all together

  altogether总计,总共。如:Altogether there are six of us. (我们总计六人。)

  all together 全都在一起。如:We played the game all together. (我们大家都一起来玩游戏吧。)

  28.amaze, astonish, surprise

  都可作及物动词,意思相近,一般都是以事物作主语,人称作宾语。

  amaze强调“使惊讶”,有时还有“惊叹”,“佩服”等意。

  astonish表示“使大吃一惊”,“几乎使人无法相信”之意。

  surprise只表“出乎意料之外”。

  29.among, between

  among 在……中间(三者或三者以上之间)。如:Our house is hidden among trees.

  between在两者之间。如:It is easy to distinguish between a Japanese and a Chinese.

  30.announce, declare

  announce指宣布公众期望或与公众有关的事情,含有预告的意味。如:The government announced that they would pay their debts. (政府宣布将偿还债务。)

  declare指正式负责地宣布,声明,通常用于庄重的场合。如:The judge declared him guilty.(法官宣布他有罪。)

  31.annoy, bother, trouble, disturb

  annoy指外界的干扰令人讨厌或无法忍受,或指某人故意去妨碍别人。

  bother打扰,麻烦,指给人行动带来不便或身心上带来痛苦。如:May I trouble you with a few questions?

  disturb打扰,扰乱,指使正常秩序或一时的安定受到破坏,精力一时不能集中。如:I am sorry to disturb you.

  32.answer, reply, respond

  用作动词,都可表“回答”,“答复”。

  answer是常用词,后可接letter(回信),question(回答问题),doorbell(开门),telephone(接电话),advertisement(应征广告)等。

  reply较正式,一般只作不及物动词,可与to连用。如:He has replied to my letter.(他回答了我信中提的问题。)

  respond作“回答”解,用得较少,也同to 搭配。如:He quickly responded to the question. (他很快就回答了问题。)

  另外,respond还可表“对……反应”,“响应”。

  33. appreciate, enjoy

  appreciate指对事物有深刻的理解能力并能鉴赏。

  enjoy是一般用语,仅指感官或智力上的满足,“享受”的意味较强。

  34. approve, prove

  approve(1)赞成,同意。如:I don‘t approve of wasting time.(我不赞成浪费时间。)

  (2)批准,通过。如:The minister approved the building plan. 部长批准了建筑计划。

  prove和approve词形相似,prove是“证明”,“表明是”等。

  35. argue, debate, dispute

  argue着重“说理”,“论证”,“企图说明”,且后可接that引导的从句。

  debate着重双方各自陈述理由,尤其是“公开地”、“正式地”辩论。如:The subject was hotly debated.

  dispute着重就分歧进行热烈的“争论”,含有“相持不下”或“未得到解决”的意味。

  如:He disputed with his wife on household expenses.

  36. arise, rise, raise

  arise表无形的东西(如困难,问题等)“出现”,“发生”。

  rise指具体事物的“上升”,“升起”,也是不及物动词。如:The sun rises in the east.(太阳从东边升起。)

  raise为及物动词,“使……上升”,“举起”等。如:He raised his hand.(他举了手。)

  37. assure, ensure, insure

  assure以十分肯定的语气向别人保证某事一定会发生,后需连用人称代词或指人的名词作宾语。

  ensure表普通的“保证”。

  insure表“保险”,有时同ensure可以换用。

  38. awake, wake, waken

  都可作动词。

  awake既可及物,也可不及物,多用于比喻。

  wake常指“睡醒”,多为不及物动词。

  waken多用作及物动词,常指“吵醒”,“惊醒”。

  39. await, wait

  await是及物动词。如:I await your further instructions.

  wait“等”、“等候”,是不及物动词,后常接介词for.如:I will wait for you at the school gate.

  40. award, prize, reward

  award, reward作动词。award意为“授予(奖品,奖金等)”,后面可跟双宾语;reward意为“报酬”,“酬谢”,只能跟人或以人的行为作宾语。

  award, prize, reward作名词时,award常指奖金,奖品;prize多指在竞赛、竞争中获胜所赢得的奖;reward则指为某项劳动或行为所付的酬金。

  41. base, basis

  base表事物的下部的底部,多用于具体事物。

  basis多用于比喻,主要指命题的基础。如:His ideas have no basis in reality.(他的意见缺乏现实基础。)

  42. beat, win

  beat表在比赛和战斗中打败对手,后接对手作宾语。

  Win作及物动词时,其宾语为游戏、比赛、战斗、奖金等名词。如:He has won the race.(他赢得了赛跑的胜利。)

  43. beneath, below, under

  beneath表示同表面接触,与on 相对。Below表示“在下面,低于”,与above相对。

  under表示“在……正下方”与over相对。

  44. beside, besides

  beside在……旁边。如:Come and sit beside me.

  besides除……之外。如:I have two other umbrellas besides this one.

  45. big, great, large

  big强调体积,质量,容量和重量大。如:a big box.Big也有抽象意义,指重大的事件或行为。如:a big mistake

  great带感情色彩,多指程度和质量,指具体事物或人时,表“突出”,“引人注目”。

  如:a great man

  large多指面积,数目或数量大。如:a large population, a large number等。

  46. bloom, blossom

  bloom多指供观赏植物的开花。如:The roses are blooming.

  blossom多指果树等植物的开花。如:The apple trees are blossoming.

  47. borrow, lend

  borrow借入。如:Can I borrow your pen for a moment?

  lend把……借给。如:Can you lend me your bike?

  48. bring, take

  bring带来。如:Bring me some water, please.

  take拿走。如:Shall I take some flowers when I go and see her?

  49. calculate, compute, estimate

  calculate通常指用数学方法进行比较复杂,难度较大的精确计算。如:You can‘t expect a schoolboy to calculate distances in astronomy.

  compute常指比较简单的运算。如:It was computed that two thirds of the students in the class passed the examination.

  estimate估计,常指对数量、成本等事先进行判断或估计。如:Some farmers asked the weatherman to estimate next year‘s rainfall.

  50. cheat, deceive, trick

  cheat欺骗,常用词,主要指为了自己的利益欺骗人。

  deceive表示隐瞒真相或以假相骗人。如:The boy deceived the teacher by lying.

  trick哄骗,表示耍手段进行欺骗,强调在行骗时使用计策,有时也指并非出于恶意的欺骗。如:Tom cleverly tricked his mother into approval.

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