江西成考高起点英语复习同义词解析三(2)

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发布日期
2017年04月19日

摘要:  Aptitude implies inherent capacity for learning, understanding, or performing:   Aptitude 暗指内在的学习、理解和表演的才能:   Even as a child he showed an unusual aptitude for mathematics.   甚至孩童时他就显露出非同一般的数学才能   形容词 complete 和 perfect 虽然都有“完全的”含义,但并非同义词,在许多情况下它们只是

or to come to a natural or proper stopping point.

  这些动词都是指达到一个自然或适当的终点。

  Complete suggests the final stage in bringing an undertaking to fruition:

  Complete 暗指取得成功的最后一步:

  “Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime” (Reinhold Niebuhr)。

  “我们这辈子连一件有意义的事也没完成” (莱因霍尔德。尼泊赫)。

  Close applies to the ending of something ongoing or continuing:

  Close 指正在进行的事件接近终点:

  The orchestra closed the concert with an encore.

  交响乐团在再来一次的欢呼声中结束了音乐会。

  If there is a further falloff in ticket sales, the play will close.

  如果门票销售进一步下跌,这个剧目就会停演。

  End emphasizes finality:

  End 强调结果:

  We ended the meal with fruit and cheese.

  我们最后吃的是水果和奶酪。

  “Where laws end, tyranny begins” (William Pitt)。

  “哪里没有法制,暴政就从哪里开始” (威廉姆。皮特)。

  Finish is sometimes interchangeable with complete:

  Finish 有时可与complete互换:

  close 比较普通,有时可以和shut互换使用,但它更强调“不让某人或某物进入或通过”的意思,有时有“不接纳”的意思,但通常表示“关闭”这一动作

  It‘s Sunday, so all the shops are closed.

  今天是星期天,所以这些店铺都关门了。

  I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again.

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