江西成考高起点英语同义词解析十一(3)

来源:
江西成考网
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

a coastline

  守卫海岸线。

  protect 指"保护……以免遭受危险或伤害等",如:

  protect the children from harm

  保护儿童免受伤害。

  shield 指"保护、保卫……免受惩罚或伤害等",如:

  shield one's eyes against the glare of the sun

  保护眼睛不受强烈的阳光伤害。

  preserve 指"防护、保存……免被分解或腐烂",如:

  Salt preserves food from decay.

  盐能防止食物腐烂。

  delay  defer  postpone  put off

  均含"推迟"、"延期"、"延缓"的意思。

  delay 指"暂时阻挠或阻挡,稍后可再继续进行",如:

  The steamer was delayed by bad weather.

  汽轮因天气不佳而延期。

  defer指"决定延期至适当时期,而且有意向将来一定继续作",如:

  Payment has been deferred until next week.

  付款已延期到下星期。

  postpone是正式用语,语义较强,指"有意识地延至将来某一特定时间",在多数情况下,后面说明改在何时进行, 如:

  The meeting has been postponed to Friday.

  会议推迟到星期五举行。

  put off与postpone大致同义,但较通俗口语化,如:

  Let's put this off till some other time.

  我们还是把这搁一搁,以后再说吧。

  rely  depend

  都含"信赖"的意思。

  rely 指"在过去经验的基础上,依赖、相信某人或某事物,希望从中得到支持或帮助",如:

  He can be -lied on to keep secret.

  相信他能保密。

  depend 指"出于信赖而依靠他人或他物,以取得其支持或帮助,这种信赖可能有过去的经验或了解为根据, 也可能没有",如:

  He can depend on his wife for sympathy.

  他相信妻子会同情他。

  abandon  desert  forsake  quit

  都含有"放