常用英语单词同义词辨析1.elder 与elderly两者都为“年老的”,但有细微的差别 elderly 指中年与暮年之间的年龄,表示人已过中年,因此,这词常用来代替 old如:an elderly gentleman. 一位年长的绅士elder指年龄稍长者,适用于家庭的兄弟姐妹之间如: Tom is the elder of the two. 汤姆是两个孩子中较大的一个2.precious 和 expensiveexpensive 表示“昂贵的”如:The drink was cheap , but the food was very expensive . 饮料很便宜,但食物很贵 precious 表示“珍贵的,宝贵的”如:The children are precious to me . 孩子们对我来说很重要3.regret to do 和 regret doingregret doing 表示“做了某事而感到遗憾或后悔”,v-ing 动作发生在regret 之前如:I regretted missing the train. 我为没有赶上火车而感到很懊恼 regret to do 指“当时或现在遗憾地做什么”。
如:I regret to tell you that we can't stay here any longer. 我遗憾地告诉你,我们不能在这儿多呆了4.day by day 和 day after day两词组意思很近,但有区别:day by day 只用作状语,表示“一天天地”, 有逐渐转变的意思如:Day by day she seems to grow a little taller.她似乎一天天地长高了 day after day 可作主语,宾语等,亦可作状语,表示“一天又一天”,强调动作的重复,表示时间的长久如: We do the same work day after day. 每天我们做着同样的事情/ Day after day went by , and I still don't receive her letter. 一天天过去了,我还是没有收到她的来信5.damp 与 wet两者都表示“潮湿的”,但有细微差别wet 指曾浸泡在液体中或布满了液体的东西,或指多雨的天气如: It's a wet day. 今天是一个雨天/ wet clothes 湿衣服。
damp 指未湿透但潮湿的东西 The damp in the air makes me uncomfortable. 潮湿的空气使我感到不舒服6.hunger 与 starvation两词都表“饥饿” hunger 指人对食物的迫切要求,是一种正常的生理现象如: Hunger is the best sauce. 肚子饿了吃什么都香而 starvation 指长时间缺乏食物引起痛苦,与 hunger 相比是不正常的生理现象,而是人为的灾难如: The old man died of starvation. 那个老人活活饿死了7.boring 与 dull , tiresome三词都为“令人厌烦的”,但有区别:boring 概念最广,尤指引起人厌倦、枯燥的谈话文章,也指令人生厌的人 如:The talk was very long and boring. 这篇谈话冗长,毫无趣味 dull 与 boring 极为相近,也指因呆板或缺乏趣味性而令人感到厌倦如: a dull book 一本枯燥的书 tiresome主指单调沉闷而产生疲倦厌烦如:It's tiresome to be funny for a whole evening整晚上都逗笑取乐是很疲劳的。
8.gift 与 present两词都为“礼物”,但有细微的差别 gift 既指免费捐赠给团体或机构的物品,也指亲友间互赠礼品如: a gift to the museum一件捐给博物馆的赠品present 指亲友间互赠, 如: Here is a little present for you. 这儿有你一份小小的礼物9.handsome 与 beautiful两词都表“美丽”,但有区别 beautiful 指优美和谐、高贵,多形容妇女、地方、事物,很少用来形容男子如: a beautiful woman 一位美丽的妇女 / a beautiful scene美景而 handsome 用于形容男人,表示英俊潇洒如: He is a tall and handsome man. 他是一个高大英俊的男人10.country 与 nationcountry 表示国家,包括领土和人民,着重指疆土该词概念极为广泛,可用于各种文体,有时作“祖国”讲,带感情色彩如:China is a great country with a long history .中国是一个历史悠久的伟大国家/ His fathers country was France. 他父亲的祖国是法国。
/ After many years abroad,he wanted to return home to his country. 在国外呆了多年以后,他想回到自己的祖国去country 来源于拉丁文contra,是对立的意思,即某地区与其他地区极不相同从而独立存在nation指在某一国土上定居的人民,以及代表他们的独立政权nation 来源于拉丁文nasci,意思是出生,nation原指具有相同血源的民族,因此它强调一个国家中的人民,概念较country 狭窄如: the Chinese nation 中华民族The whole nation rose to resist aggression. 全民奋起抗击侵略/ The president spoke on radio to the nation. 总统通过广播向全国人民讲话 但在国际交往正式场合下,ation 语体庄重,较country 用得多如:the United Nations 联合国/ a most favoured nation 最惠国 / the law of nations 国际公法11.among 与 betweenbetween 的意思是在……中间,在……之间,一般指在两者之间。
例如:There is a table beween the two windows. 在两扇窗户之间有一张桌子/ We have our breakfast between seven and half past seven. 我们在七到七点半之间吃早饭 between 有时也表示在多于两个以上的事物之间,但那是指在每二者之间例如: therelationship between different provinces and municiplities 省市和省市之间的关系(这里是指每两个省市之间的相互关系) among 的意思是在……中间、在……之中,一般是在三个或三个以上的同类事物之中例如: Divide these among you three. 这些东西你们三人分吧/ Theteacher distributed them among the students. 教师把这些东西分给了学生12.disease 与 illnessdisease 泛指各种原因已查明的急性或慢性疾病,又可指传染病,甚至动植物的各种病害,概念十分广泛如:an acute disease 急性病 / a chronic disease 慢性病 /plant diseases 植物病害/ His suffering is caused by the wound and not by the disease. 他的痛苦是由创伤而非疾病所引起的。
/ The ultimate causes of cancer and other diseases are still unknown. 癌症与其他某些疾病的根本原因始终不明 illness 泛指疾病,极为普通常用,多指慢性病,或身体的极度虚弱等,但不影响日常的活动它有时可与disease 交替使用如:There has been a lot of illness in the family recently. 最近以来这家人常生病/ An illness that caused him little difficulty in his youth beganto take its toll as he reached middle age. 有种病在他年轻时影响并不大,但等他到了中年,却成了他的负担13.university 与 collegeuniversity 大学,综合性大学,通常指由多个学院( college)组合而成的综合性大学它概念广泛,指最高水平的学校,可授予各种学位,也指大学的全体教师和学生如:Beijing University 北京大学 / Harvard University 哈佛大学 / He graduated from YaleUniversity in 1965. 他在1965年从耶鲁大学毕业。
/ The whole university is against the changes. 整个大学都反对这种变革college 既可广泛地指高等学校,也可专门指独立的学院或附属于综合性大学的学院在美国college 可以授学士学位,在英国规模庞大的中学也可称collegea medical college 医学院 / teachers training college 师范学院 / business college 商学院/ There are many colleges at Oxford and Cambridge.牛津大学和剑桥大学有很多学院14.beat和win这两个词都有“获胜,打败”的意思,但其后宾语不同beat是“打败,优于”的意思,后面接人或队,如:We beat them.我们赢了他们(打败了他们)Class 1 beat Class 3 at football.一班踢足球赢了三班win指“赢,获胜”,后面接比赛、名次,如:We won the match/game/race/the first place. 我们赢了这场比赛(获胜了第一名)15.used to和would doused to do和would do都可用来表示过去习惯性动作。
used to用于客观表示过去的一种惯常化了的行为状态而would只表示过去一直反复发生的动作,且感情色彩较浓如:I'm surprised to see you smoking, you didnt use to.看到你吸烟,我很吃惊你以前不吸烟的John would sit for hours without saying a word.约翰总是一声不吭地一坐就是几个小时再者,used to不仅表示“过去经常性的习惯”,也可用于表示“过去的状态”,而would则无表示“状态”的用法He used to be a quiet boy. He would be a quiet boy.16.pleased与pleasant两个词都是形容词表示“高兴的”两者的区别是:pleasant①指(物)“快乐的”“畅快的”“愉快的”如:a pleasant summer day一个愉快的夏日②(人、态度、性情)“给人好印象的”“令人满意的”如:a pleasantperson to talk to令人愉快的谈话对象pleased“高兴的”“满意的”多指人的心情或因人的心情而产生的反应如:Its pleasant to see a pleased smile on his face.看到他脸上有微笑,令人快乐。
17.specially与especiallyspecially adv.“特别地”“特地”“专为”,如:I came here specially to see you.我特地来看你especially, adv.“特别地”“格外地”“尤其”,如:Our garden is beautiful, especially in fall.我们的花园很漂亮,尤其在秋天 This time I came back specially to see my family, especially my little daughter who was ill.这次我专程回来看望我的家人,尤其是我生病的小女儿由这一句可见两个词的区别:specially“专门地,特地”,多指为一特别目的而作especially“特别,尤其”,指与其他同类相比,某人(物)情况达到异常的程度18.area与districtarea与district两个词都有“地区”的意思,但所指地区有所不同area指(地球表面的)地域,(城市等的)地区,如:an industrial area工业地区,a picnic area野餐区district主要指行政区域。
如:Wuchang District武昌区19.persuade与advise这两个词都有“劝说”之意,两者不同的是:persuade是“劝说”并使之“听从”,若只有劝说的动作而没强调“使之服从”的结果,便要用advise或try to persuade即advise为“劝说”但不一定说服如:We advised him to leave Mary, but he was not persuaded.我们劝他离开玛丽,但他并没被说服20.receive与acceptreceive是“收到”的意思,有“客观地收到……”之意;而accept是“接受”之意,有主观接受之意如:receive a gift收到礼物(是否接受没提)accept侧重于以“愉悦的态度”或是“由自己去争取来”而得到,强调取得的事实如:I received an invitation from them, but I didnt accept it.我接到他们的邀请,但并未答应21.electric与electrical这两个近义词都是形容词,都是“电的”意思,二者不同的是:electric指“由电产生的”或“带电的”,而electrical指“有关电(学)方面的”,如:My brother is an electric engineer. My brother is an electrical engineer.22.daily与everyday这两个词都是形容词,“每日的”意思,在句中作定语。
daily指每天或每个工作日发生的事,侧重于每天的事everyday指事物的正常、普通,并不强调每日发生的事,但有时也可互换如:He likes reading the daily newspaper at breakfast each morning.他喜欢每天在吃早餐时看日报He gets daily wage.他每日取酬He learn everyday English from daily newspaper every day.他每日从日报上学习日常英语every day为时间副词短语,意为“每天”23.later与latter二者均为late的比较级,但latter只许用于特殊的用法,且不与than连用later作形容词或副词时,意为“较迟的(地)”,“较后的(地)”,如:in one's later life在晚年He came later than usual.他比平时晚来一点latter作形容词时,通常用于名词前,意为“后者的,末尾的”,如:in the latter part of a speech演说的后半段,the latter half of the year下半年。
latter还可用作代词,the latter与the former是一组反义词组24.pick, pick out, select与choose这几个词都表示“挑选”“选择”pick是口头用语,指无需仔细考虑或鉴别就能作出的选择如:You can pick whichever one you like.你喜欢哪个就挑选哪个pick out着重强调从数或量很多的东西中挑选,意为“选出”,如:He was picked out from thousands of applicants.他是从众多的应聘者中挑选出来的choose表一般性的选择或挑选,强调作出决定的意愿行为如:She chose the red sweater rather than the pink one.她宁愿选那种红色的毛衣而不选那件粉红色的select语气较强,指经仔细斟酌和淘汰,审慎地从许多同类事或人中择取最好者如:Customers selected the best apples.顾客精心地挑选苹果25.seem与appear这两个词均可表示“仿佛”“好像”,常可互换,其细微区别如下:appear强调视觉印象,是一种表面印象,表面看来如此,实际怎么样就不知道了,有时这种视觉印象可能是错觉或不符实际。
seem是暗示有一定根据的判断,用于讲话人主观认为“好像”的场合如:He appears happy.他看起来很幸福He seems to be happy.谈话者主观认为他很幸福下面例句足见其区别:He appears pale but he seems not to be sick.他虽然面色苍白,但好像没病26.on sale与for salefor sale(个人所有物)“出售的”“待售的”,a house for sale房屋出售,not for sale(告示)非卖品He put his car up for sale.他把汽车拿出来卖on sale“销售中”“上市”“廉价的”“特价的”,如:They sell eggs on sale today.今天那家店鸡蛋大减价on sale多指商品性质的东西The summer wear is on sale.夏装正在销售27.all together与altogetherall together是一个形容词短语,多表示其原义,“所有的人在一处,同时在一起”如:Today we are all together for the Spring Festival.因为春节,今天我们都聚集在一起了。
altogether是个副词,表示“总共,完全”,如:How much is it altogether?这一共多少钱?28.invent与discoverinvent指创造发明以前不存在的东西或方法如:Bell invented the telephone.贝尔发明了invent还可指“虚构”或“捏造”一个情况如:He invented an excuse for being absent.他捏造了一个缺席的借口而discover则指发现不为人们所知但实际存在的事物如:Do you know who discovered America?你知道是谁发现美洲的吗?I discovered that she was a good cook.我发现她很擅长烹饪29.contain与include两词都有“包含”的意思区别在于:contain可用于表示包含所含之物的全部或部分(have or hold within itself);而include则只能用于表示所包含之物中的一部分(have…as part of a whole),如:The parcel contained a dictionary.那包裹里装的是一本字典。
Does the price include postage?这价钱包含有邮费吗?另外,contain有“克制,抑制”之意如:She could hardly contain her excitement.她抑制不住内心的激动与include有关的including, included用法如下:We all went to the museum, Lily included.我们去了博物馆,莉莉也去了The band played many songs, including some of my favourites.乐队演奏了很多曲子,包括我最喜欢的几首30.job, work, labour与task这四个词都有“工作”的意思,其差异如下:①job是可数名词,work是不可数名词,一般情况下可通用如:His job (work) is as a teacher.他的职业是教师但下面情况不可通用,如:I heard he changed jobs.我听说他已换了许多工作I go to work (at) 7∶20.我七点二十去工作He has a good job in a bank.他在银行里有个好职业。
out of a job/out of work失业②labour一般指体力劳动,work泛指体力或者脑力劳动,如:It took many months of labour to build the house.建筑这房屋花了好几个月的劳动The majority of men earn their living by physical labour.大多数人靠从事体力劳动谋生③task多指困难的或令人疲倦的工作,如:It’s a difficult task.这是一件(令人)困难的工作Mary’s task is to tend the children.玛丽的任务是照料孩子31.sure与certain两词都是表语性形容词,意为“一定的,确实的”(certain还可作定语),后接of/about,动词不定式和that引导的从句如:We are sure/certain of winning the game.我们确信会赢I’m not sure/certain about some of the English idioms.我对英语的某些成语没有把握We are sure/certain to win the game.我们一定会赢得比赛的胜利的。
She is sure/certain that his lecture will be warmly welcome.她确信他的讲座一定会受到热烈欢迎certain可以用于It is certain that…句式中,而sure则不可以如:It is certain(此处不能用sure) that the project will be a success.工程会成功,这是确定无疑的32.spend, pay与cost三词都作“花费金钱”解,差异如下:①spend与pay必须由人来作主语,而cost却由物(即it)来作主语,如:He has spent all his money on books.他把全部的钱都买了书During the next ten years we both worked night and day to pay for it.为了还债,10年来我们俩夜以继日地干活What will it cost me? It will cost you 20 dollars.这要花我多少钱?要花你20元钱②spend与pay搭的介词不一样,前者常与on连用,后者常与for连用。
而cost的花费,可以是金钱,还可是时间、精力或劳力等主语是物,后接的宾语是人,不需任何介词33.because, since与asbecause语气最强,着重说明原因或理由,引导的从句一般放在主句之后,用以回答why的问句as的语气比because稍弱,只说明一般的因果关系,引导的从句放在主句之前、之后都可since语气最弱,所说明的有时不是根本或直接原因,而是一种“附带原因”,引导的从句往往放在主句之前一般译为“既然,鉴于”34.take, bring与fetch三个词都是及物动词,都有“拿”的意思,但用法有所不同,主要表现在运动的方向上①take指把人或物从说话人的地方带到别的地方去,意为“拿走”,如:Don’t forget to take the schoolbag with you.别忘了把书包带去Please take this book to the library.请把这本书带到图书馆去②bring指把人或物从别处带到说话人所在的地方,意为“带来”,如:He brought me some sweets.他给我带来了一些糖To do such a thing will only bring trouble.做这样的事只能带来麻烦。
③fetch指从说话人所在的地方到别处去把人或物带回来,意为“去取”,如:Go and fetch a doctor.去请医生来Who can fetch me some chalk?谁去给我拿些粉笔来?35.each与every两词都是“每个”的意思,但着重点不同each着重个别的情况,every着重全体,有“所有的”意思如:She knows each student of the class.她认识这个班的每一个学生She knows every student of the class.她认识这个班所有的学生①each可作形容词,也可作代词,可用作主、宾或同位语作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式,each可用于两个或两个以上的人或物,所以它的全部否定是none或neither②every只是形容词,后接名词作主语时,谓语动词用单数因为是形容词,所以不能说every of us,而要说each of us.③each/every…与not连用,表示部分否定,意为“并不是每个都”,如:Each of them doesn't swim.他们并非都游泳Every student is not able to swim.不是每一个学生都会游泳。
36.no one与none①no one没有人(只指人,不能用来指物),意思与nobody相同,作主语时不需跟of短语连用,如:No one believes him since he is not honest.没有人相信他,因为他不诚实No one else but I went.除我以外,谁也没去②none一个也没有(既可指人,也可指任何东西)作主语时,代替不可数名词,谓语动词用单数形式,代替可数名词,谓语动词单、复数都可以但在“主系表”句型中,如表语为复数,则系动词要用复数形式,如:None of us are (is) afraid of difficulties.我们谁也不怕困难There is none of it left.那东西一点也没剩下③在回答“一个都没有”时,除了注意人或物的区别外,还要看提问的角度,也就是用how many/much来问,习惯上用none来否定回答,用Is there any…来问,就用no one来回答37.trip, travel, tour与journey①trip是非正式用语,常可作journey的替换词,强调一次往返的短途旅程如:He went on a trip to the nearest seaside during his vacation.假期中他到最近的海滨作了一次旅行(远足)。
②travel泛指旅行、游历,尤指国外旅行,但无路程的含义如:We plan to travel to Africa.我们计划去非洲旅行③tour作“游历、观光、参观访问”解,强调在“漫游,巡视”如:The play will tour the countryside in the autumn.这出戏将于今秋在农村巡回演出④journey常指陆地上由一地到另一地的旅行,也指旅行的路程,是个较正式的用法如:We made a journey to the Northeast of China.我们在中国的东北作了一次旅行38.destroy与damage①destroy主要在于“破坏,摧毁”的严重后果,具有主观意识,同时还有“打破(希望、计划),消灭,歼灭(敌人)”之意,如:We’ll destroy the old world and build the new.我们将打破旧世界,建设新世界All the hopes were destroyed.所有的希望都破灭了The hurricane destroyed the whole town.飓风摧毁了整个镇子②damage“损害,破坏,损失”,主要表示“某事给……带来损害”,如:The storm caused great damage.暴风雨造成了巨大损失。
His words have done a lot of damage to the government’s popularity.他的讲话给政府的声望带来很大损害39.be about to do sth.与be to do sth①be about to do=to be just ready to; be going to正要,马上就,使用时不可再与表示时间的词语连用如:We were about to leave when it started to rain.我们正要离开时,天突然下起雨来了I was about to go to bed when there was a knock at the door.我正要上床睡觉,这时有人敲门②be to do sth.表示“一定会发生”,“将来的安排”,“将来可能发生”例如:We are to get married next week.我们将于下周结婚What am I to do?我该怎么做?I'm to see him today at 6 o'clock.我今天将在6点钟去看他Am I to go on with my speech?我要继续讲下去吗?40.go on doing, go on to do与go on with这三个动词短语都有“继续做某事”的意思,其区别如下:go on doing表示“继续做,一直在做的事(中间无间断)”;go on to do表示“接着做某事”,即某事已做完,接着做另一件事;go on with也表示“继续做某事”,其含义是某一动作一度中止后,又继续下去。
如:He told Dr Bethune not to go on operating any more.他告诉白求恩大夫不要继续手术了After reading English, I went on to do maths exercises.读了英语之后,我接着做数学练习After having a break, we went on with our lessons.休息之后,我们继续上课41.too much与much too二者都表示“太”,“非常”之意,much too为副词词组,修饰形容词、副词,但不可修饰动词It’s much too cold.天气实在是太冷了too much作“太多”讲有以下三种用法①作名词词组,如:You have given us too much.你给我们的太多了②作形容词词组修饰不可数名词,如:Don’t drink too much wine.不要饮太多的酒③作副词词组修饰不及物动词,如:She talks too much.她说话太多42.rather与fairly两词都可作“相当地”,“颇有几分”讲其主要区别如下:①fairly主要与“令人有愉快感”的形容词或副词连用,如:good, bravely, well, nice等。
而rather作此意解时,则用于“令人不愉快”的形容词或副词,如:bad, ugly等如:Tom is rather lazy, but John is fairly diligent.汤姆很懒惰,而约翰却相当勤奋②如果一个单数名词有形容词修饰,不定冠词须放在fairly前面,而rather却是放前放后皆可如:This is a fairly interesting book.这是一本很有趣的书This book is rather an interesting one.(同前)③有些词本身无所谓“令人愉快”或“不愉快”之意,如:fast, show, hot, cold等,说话人则可用fairly来表“赞许”,用rather来表示“不以为然”④fairly往往表示“恰到好处,恰当”,而rather含有“太过分,有过之”之意试比较:This book is fairly easy for you to read.(正好合适你读) This book is rather easy for you to read.(太简单以致不合适了)⑤rather还可用在alike, like, similar, different等词和“有”前,此时含义是“有点儿”或“稍微”之意。
如:The weather was rather worse than I had expected.这天气比我所预料的要糟糕些43.lively, living与alive①lively adj. 生动的,活泼的,可作定语或表语如:What lively colours!多么鲜艳的颜色啊! she is a lively girl.她是个活泼的姑娘 ②living adj. 活着的,健在的;n. 谋生,生计如:living things生物;make a living谋生;earn one's living谋生度日;That man is still living.那人还健在(在世)③alive adj. 活的,活着的,表语性形容词,一般可与living互换若作定语,要放在所修饰的词之后如:That man is not dead, he is still alive.(=he is still living.)那人没死,他还活着He is the greatest musician alive.他是活着的最伟大的音乐家44.instead of, in place of与take the place of①instead of是介词短语,意思是“代替”,“而不是”,作介词短语后接名词、动名词和宾格代词;作连词短语后接不定式(一般不省略to),谓语动词、形容词、副词和介词短语等。
如:John will attend the meeting instead of his manager.约翰将代替经理出席这次会议You should have some exercise instead of staying indoors all day long.你应多锻炼身体,不要整天呆在家里The temperature has risen up instead of fallen down.温度上升了而并没有下降This is dull instead of interesting.这不但没趣,反倒枯燥②in place of介词短语“代替”,通常后接名(代)词,可与instead of互换如:People often use plastics in place of/instead of wood or metal.人们常用塑料来代替木材和金属但instead of sb./sth.可略去介词of及其宾语,而in place of通常不能将其省略③take the place of动词词组,“代替”(职务,工作等),如:Most scientists agree that computers can’t completely take the place of humans.大多数科学家认为,计算机并不能完全代替人。
作“代替”解时,不可将the去掉或改换为one’s,那样会引起歧义,要注意区分45.pain, ache和hurt这三个词都和疼痛有关ache和pain多作名词,hurt只能作动词ache指“(人)身体疼痛”,往往用于持续的疼痛或因一些小病引起的感觉,常指“局部的”疼痛back(背)、ear(耳)、head(头)、heart(心)、stomach(胃)、tummy(肚)、tooth等词与ache构成复合词,表示身体部位的疼痛如果指身体其他部分之疼痛则用pain或ache表示,如:a pain /ache inmy foot脚痛单数ache可与不定冠词连用,也可以不用不定冠词,如:He has got an ache in his foot.他脚痛He has aches on his back.他背上痛ache也可作动词,如:I ache all over.我全身疼痛My head aches.我头痛pain指“肉体或精神上的痛苦、悲痛”,比ache要严重些,如:She is in great pain.她深为痛苦The boy broke his arm and cried with pain.那个男孩摔断手臂,痛得大叫。
pain也可以当及物动词,指“使痛苦”,如:My foot is still paining me.我的脚还在痛aches and pains指“疼痛”,如:I have aches and pains all over.我全身疼痛hurt只作动词,可以指“(使)受伤,(使)疼痛,伤害”,如:He hurt his back when he fell.他跌倒时伤了背部He was badly hurt in this traffic accident.在这起交通事故中,他受了重伤Did you hurt yourself?你弄伤自己了吗?hurt也可以指“伤害(某人的感情);使伤心”,如:My feelings were hurt when he didn't ask me to the party.他没邀请我参加宴会,我很伤心hurt还可以指“受损伤、有害、有不良影响”,如:It won't hurt to wait a bit longer.再等一会儿(对你)没有什么关系Some Chinese big companies have seen their business hurtby NATO's air strike on Yugoslavia.一些中国的大公司看到了他们的生意因北约空袭南斯拉夫而受损。
46.before long和long beforebefore long和long before形式构成上相差不大,但其意义差别较大,也导致了它们在决定句子时态上的差异before long“不久”,句子时态用将来时如:This park will be open again before long. 这个公园不久将重新开放Our school will have a lot of new computers beforel ong. 我们学校不久将会有大批的新电脑long before “很久以前”,句子时态用过去时如:Long before I received an E-mail from my American friend Mary. 很久以前,我收到美国朋友玛丽的一封邮件47.lonely和alone二者都可表示“孤独”,“独自”这一意思,alone指客观存在的“孤独”,而lonely更偏重一种主观感受上的“寂寞”如:I went alone. 我是一个人去的Mary lived alone,but she didn't feel lonely. 玛丽孤身一人生活,但她并不感到孤独!48.ill和sickill有病的,常用作表语,如:You look ill these days. 近来你的气色不太好。
I fail ill. 我生病了sick有病的,既可作表语又可作定语,如:a sick man 病人;Mary has been sick for three weeks. 玛丽已生病了三周sick也可表示“恶心的,呕吐的”,用作表语,如:I feel sick. 我觉得要呕吐;I am sick in the car. 我晕车49.happen,take place与occurhappen 常常有“偶然”的意思,多用于客观事物、情况的发生例如:Whatever has ha ppened to your arm?It's all swollen.你的手臂怎么了?肿得好历害occur 指有计划使某些事或效果“发生”有时强调“呈现”于人的知觉中例如:Did it occur to you to phone them about it?你难道没想到就这事给他们打个?在以具体事物、事件作主语时,happen和occur可以通用例如:The accident happened (occurred) yesterday.事故是昨天发生的take place 指事件发生,但常用来表示“举行”的意思,带有非偶然性。
例如:The mee ting took place last night.会议昨晚举行50.apart from,besides,except for与exceptapart form作“除……以外(= besides)”,作“只是,除掉(=except for)”,例如: Apart from sport,my other interest outside class is music.除体育外,我课外的其他 爱好是音乐/Apart from the location,we like everything about the project.这个 设计的各方面我们都喜欢,只是位置不太好besides意为“尤进一层;除……之外还有”,例如:I know nothing besides what I'v e told you.除了我对你讲过的之外,我别无所知except for 亦作 but for,意为“除……外”,例如:Except for your presence, I wo uld be bored.若没有你在这里,我会感到厌烦except“除去,除……之外”,意味着从整体里“减去”一部分。
例如:They all went except David.除了大卫,他们都去51.in the case of,in case of与in casein the case of:as for; in a particular occasion of 至于;就……而言例:a.Most of the students are very diligent, but it’s different in the case of Mary.大多数学生很勤奋,但就玛丽而言却不是这样b.In the case of the population.China is the largest county in the world 就人口而言,中国是世界上最大的国家 c.In the case of a physical change no new substance is formed.就物理变化 来说,没有新的物质产生in case of: for fear that sth. should happen; if sth. should happen 以防;万一 例:a.In case of rain, you’d better take an umbrella.你最好带把雨伞,以防下雨。
b. In case of fire, dial 119.如果发生火灾,拨打119in case:if,for fear that如果,以防例:a.In case he comes,let me know.如果他来的话,告诉我一声 b.Take your umbrella with you in case it rains.带上雨伞,以防下雨52.relationship与relationrelationship和relation都是指人或事物之间的联系relationship指人时含义是有着很深感情的紧密关系,如:her relationship with her husband;这两个词都可以指相互关照、互为依赖的事物,如:the relation/relationship between temperature and humidity温度和湿度的关系如果指人和组织之间的一种比较正规或松散的关系,就多用relations,如:The local community has good relations with the police. / Relations betweenour countries are improving. comrade同志,志同道合者,显然不对。
53.recall与remindrecall和remind 容易混淆,也是经常出现的考点,它们的区别如下:① recall,bring (sth/sb) back into the mind,recollect 使想起,使回忆例如: I can't recall his name. 我想不起他的名字She recalled that he had left early. 她回忆起他已经早早走了② remind,inform (sb) of a fact,or tell(sb) to do sth he may have forgotten,提醒……要做例如: Do I have to remind you yet again?还要我再一次提醒你吗?Travellers are reminded that malaria tablets are advisable. 旅客被提醒最好服用防虐疾病药片54.due to, owing to与thanks to目前普遍认为due to与owing to为同义词,但用法不同due to可用在be之后,如:His lateness was due to the very heavy traffic on the motorway.她迟到是因高速公路上车辆过多所致。
due to也可用作状语,而owing to只用作状语,如:He was late owing to /due to the very heavy traffic.因交通拥挤,他。