江西成考高起点英语同义词解析十一

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发布日期
2017年04月19日

摘要:  如:to abate taxes,to abate imports.   The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.   医生给了他某种药,以减弱那剧烈的疼痛。   This is a pity,because noise abatement really is a good cause,and it is likely to be discredited if it gets to be associated w

  如:to abate taxes,to abate imports.

  The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.

  医生给了他某种药,以减弱那剧烈的疼痛。

  This is a pity,because noise abatement really is a good cause,and it is likely to be discredited if it gets to be associated with bad science.

  这是件憾事,因为减少噪音实在是一项美好的事业;如果把它与贫乏的科学知识搅在一起,那么这种美好的事业有可能使人生疑。

  dwindle 特别适用表示"眼看着逐渐缩小"或"渐渐趋于消失".例如透视原理上的近大远小,即逐渐远离观察者的物体变得似乎越来越小,最终完全消失。

  A thin thread of path dwindled and finally disappeared as it climbed the steep slope of the down.

  一条小径越远显得越细,在爬上土丘的陡坡时终于消失了。

  act  action

  与deed 均含有"动作或行为"的意思。

  act 强调动作的结果,指单一的和个人的动作,适用于个人力量可以完成的事,一般属暂时性的,如:

  It is an act of kindness to help a blind man across the street.

  帮助盲人过街是慈善的行为。

  action 强调动作的方式和历程,而且指比较复杂的动作,需要较长时间才能完成的事,如:

  While a ship is in distress,rescuing passengers from danger is a heroic action.

  当船遇险时,营救乘客脱离危险是一种英勇的行为。

  还应注意在机械和物理用语中,不能用 act,要用action,如:

  the action of heat

  热的作用;

  反之,在an act of kindness 一语中,若改为 an action of kindness也是错误的。

  deed 如同 act,