英语专业四级易混淆词汇辨析

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reassure
reassure 表示安慰忧虑不安的人，使其安心，放心，恢复 信心（to comfort someone who is anxious and make him ／her free from fear or worry；to bring back confidence to．．．）。 常用结构为： reassure sb．（about sth．）／reassure sb．＋ that-clause ①I was worried that my work wasn't good enough，ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baiduut the teacher reassured me（about it）．我担心我的作业 不够好，可是老师却让我放心。 ② The captain reassured the passengers about the strength of the ship．那位船长向乘客保证船很坚固，要他 们安心。
①To ensure the child‘s quick recovery，the doctor gave him an antibiotic．为使这个孩子尽快恢复，医生给他打了
一剂抗生素。
②Registration ensures delivery of mail．挂号寄邮件保证会 送到。
insure, ensure, and assure
To help you remember when to use each word, keep the following three hints in mind: • You assure a person. • You insure your car. • You ensure everything else. Again, it is okay to swap ensure for insure unless it relates to protecting people or property against risks like floods, death,
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Word Building—Vocabulary Expansion
general verbs specific verbs
scan （细查，扫视） glimpse（瞥见，简短的一瞥）
look/see/watch
glare（怒目而视） stare（凝视） gaze（集中注意力看，凝视） glance（粗略地看一下，扫视） peep （窥视，偷窥） peek（瞥一眼，偷窥） peer（细看）
• No matter how bad you feel about your breakup, you can be __________ed by the fact that your ex feels even worse. • __________ your son that his piano playing sounds wonderful.
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26.90% 23.39% 29.24% 20.47% / 百分比 从历年的考试真题来看，词汇部分的题目数量在 13道至20道范围之内，四类题型（固 定搭配、动词辨析、形容词副词辨析、名词辨析）的比例大致持平。

近义词辨析 词根词缀辨析 形近词辨析 固定搭配
sth.。
①He assured us of his ability to solve the problem．他向我们保证
他有能力解决这个问题。
②We booked early to assure ourselves of（getting）good seats．我们及早订座以保证我们能得到好座位。
ensure
1. ensure的意思是使某行为或某件事的结果得以保证，即 确保某事发生（to make sure that sth．happens）。ensure 后可以直接跟 that-clause，并可以用复合宾语。常用结构
为：ensure sth. ; ensure ＋that －clause
different ways of “looking”
scan glimpse glare stare gaze glance peep peek
scanned He _______ the doctor’s face for a sign of hope. glimpse of the parcel, so I I only caught a ________ can’t guess what was inside. glaring They didn’t fight, but stood there _____ at one another. stare It is rude to _____. gazed in wonder at the thing before us. We _____ glancing “I must go ,” she said, _______ at her watch. peeped/peeked through the gate into He ______________ the garden.
Practice Makes Perfect
ensure • Jimmy needed to __________ that his safe was properly locked. • Sara ________ed her motorcycle before she rode it. insure • No matter how bad you feel about your breakup, you can be __________ed by the fact that your ex feels even assure worse. Assure/reassure your son that his piano playing sounds • __________ wonderful. ensure • __________ that your daughter practices her dance routine.
hurricanes, and the like. Assure cannot be used in place of either
insure or ensure, and is the only word which should be used to relate to a person's feelings.
• __________ that your daughter practices her dance routine.
assure
assure用来表示向某人保证某事将要发生，既可以用来确证某事，也 可以表示使某人确信（If you ASSURE a person of something，you promise them or tell them that）。assure的宾语通常是人或人称代 词，所以不能直接搭用that － clause。其常用结构为：assure sb. of
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形近词辨析
assure，ensure，insure，reassure
Practice Makes Perfect
• Jimmy needed to __________ that his safe was properly locked. • Sara ________ed her motorcycle before she rode it.
gaze: To look steadily, intently, and with fixed attention. It is often indicative of wonder, fascination, awe, or admiration:
Peer: peer is to look narrowly, searchingly, and seemingly with difficulty: 指肤浅地、注意地、似乎带点困难地看：she peered through her spectacles at the contract Peek: To look or peer furtively, as from a place of concealment. 偷窥
专四词汇讲座
By Wuhan Zhu
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Scan: 1. To examine closely. 2.To look over quickly and systematically: 扫视,浏览
glimpse: A brief, incomplete view or look.
glance, glimpse 均指“匆匆的一瞥”，但是glimpse指“瞥见”, 是glance 的结果。“take a glance at ...(看一看)的结果便是“get a glimpse of ...”(瞥见了) glare: To stare fixedly and angrily. Stare: To look at directly and fixedly: word can indicate curiosity, boldness, insolence, or stupidity
词根词缀辨析
Jimmy earns his living by ___ works of art in the museum. (2004-57) A. recovering B. restoring C. renewing D. reviving A great amount of work has gone into ___ the Cathedral to its previous splendor. (2006-67) A. refreshing B. restoring C. renovating D. renewing Share prices on the Stock Exchange plunged sharply in the morning but ___ slightly in the afternoon.(2006-78) A. regained B. recovered C. restored D. revived
近义词辨析
After the heavy rain, a builder was called to repair the roof, which was ___. (200676) A. leaking B. trickling C. dripping D. floating She was standing outside in the snow, _____ with cold. (2004-60) A. spinning B. shivering C. shaking D. staggering
ensure
2. ensure也可以表示确保安全，免遭伤害。
To ensure freedom against tyranny反对暴
政，维护自由
insure
insure 意思是为防不测向保险公司付钱投保 （to pay money to an insurance company against future disaster）。 ①My house is insured against fire．我的房 子保了火险。 ②Are you insured for all risks？你是不是给