成人学位英语易混淆词汇解析三(3)

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发布日期
2017年04月19日

摘要:  51. childish,childlike   childish幼稚的。如:It was very childish of him to lose his temper over something so unimportant.   childlike孩子般天真的。如:When she won the gold medal,there was childlike smile on her face.   52. choose,pick,select,elect   choose是一常用词,

urrent强调在现阶段正在流行,通用,但不一定是最新的。如:current English (当代英语)

  present为常用词,指现在正在通用的,在时间上比current的范围更窄。如:What's your present address?(你现住址是哪里?)

  62. custom,habit

  均可表习惯。

  custom为正式用词,多指社团或人们的习惯行为方式。

  habit为常用词,多指个人因多次重复而形成做某事的趋势或意愿。如:He has the bad habit of biting his nails.(他有咬手指的坏习惯。)

  63. damage,destroy,harm,ruin

  均可表"破坏","损坏".

  damage一般指部分性的破坏,含可修复使用。

  destroy指十分彻底的毁坏,破坏。如:The whole city was destroyed in the earthquake.(地震中整个城市被毁了。)

  harm多指带来悲痛,产生恶果的伤害,可以是肉体的也可是精神的。如:Doctors say smoking harms our health.(医生说吸烟对身体有害。)

  ruin为正式用词,强调由于自然力或时间的作用而逐渐损坏,用于比喻时也指彻底毁坏名声,期望等。如:She poured water all over my painting and ruined it. (她把水倒在画上,把它毁了。)另外,ruin的复数形式ruins表"废墟".

  64. decrease,reduce

  decrease多表示逐渐缩小。如:The swelling decreased daily.(肿胀日渐消退。)

  reduce为常用词,使用范围较大,可指尺寸,数量,规模和程度等,也可指地位,经济状况。如:He won't reduce the rent of the house.(他不愿降低房租。)

  65. dependent,independent

  dependent依赖的,依靠的(on,upon)。如:Success is dependent on your hard work.

  Independent 不依靠的,独立的(of)。如:John was independent of