别再用那些土的要死的英文单词了

动词替换：



1.Improve 提高：



Promote: 促进AC之间的贸易promote the trade between A and C; He was promoted to senior manager in this company.



Advance: our understanding of human genetics has considerably(非常的，可换做vastly) advanced.



Enhance: the publicity has enhanced his reputation.这次宣传提高了他的名望



2.change 改变：



Transform:多指改头换面，完全改变，不能用于形容slight change。说到人口变化：the increasing population has transformed the landscape and structure of local industry structure.人口剧增改变了小镇的景色以及当地的工业结构



3.Emphasize 强调：



Highlight：the report highlight the decline in the numbers of native(可以换作local) plants and insects.



Stress: He stresses the need for parents to listen to their children.



Accentuate: the crisis accentuates the gap between rich and poor.



(highlight and emphasize 的区别：highlight是告诉人们重点，因而能够让别人注意，类似于老师勾重点；而emphasize则是使重点清晰，不管别人是否能注意得到。而stress则和emphasize差不多)



4.Develop培养：



Cultivate: cultivate the ability of … ；培养情操；cultivate a more relaxed and positive way towards life.



Nurture: 养育，同样可以指培养人才（talents）the sea nutures ample marine animals.



5.Break 破坏：



Impair：impair ability; 主要是破坏能力，莫乱用。



Undermine这个词也是指的是抽象意义上的破坏，有逐渐削弱之意，重点是循序渐进的过程。Undermine one’s ability/confidence/authority/position/credibility



Jeopardize: 不能乱用，破坏的东西要上一定的等级才能配上此词。比如Jeopardize the process of peace.破坏和平进程



Devastate特指毁灭、蹂躏 the earthquake devastated the whole city.



6.Keep 保存



Preserve、Conserve 保护资源用的就是这个词，不要用protect，protect这个词用在保护具体的东西。



7.deal With解决



Tackle: tackle the problem.



Resolve: resolve dispute争论/conflict冲突/problem/issue/crisis危机；来自拉丁语，比较正式。



8.need 需要



Require：xxx requires courage and confidence.



Necessitate: 用法不简单，没有摸透。



call for（这也是个很高级的用法，奥巴马就用这个【我不晓得奥巴马咋个用的，原帖是这样说的，并且call for也挺正式的】）：跟need一样的用法



形容词替换：



1.Everywhere 普遍的



Widespread: 随便用



Prevalent：Drug abuse is especially prevalent among teenagers.



Overflow：泛滥 the garden is overflew with colors of flowers.



Rampant: 特指有害的东西泛滥，比如疾病，犯罪等，并且难于控制。H1n1 Virus is rampant in the

world.甲流世界泛滥



2.Good 好的（太多了）

Impressive, glorious, amazing, brilliant, incredible, attractive…



Beneficial（反义词：detrimental）the drug is beneficial to the immune system.



Advantageous: 特指有益的。Advantageous industry：优势产业



3.Harmful 有害的

Unfavorable, horrible, disgusting



Inhumane: 没人性的



lousy (I’m fed up with the lousy job.)



severe (severe problem, illness, injuries.)



abysmal(低谷：their performance is abysmal.)



Detrimental: smoking is detrimental to your health.



Baneful: 现阶段用不到，文学作品里面的“邪恶”，完全诘屈聱牙。



4.Rich 富有的



Wealthy、Affluent、ample



There are a myriad of stars in the Milky Way. (银河系好多星星啊！！)



5.Poor 贫穷的



Impoverished（动词表示使贫穷： The great depression had impoverished many third world countries.）an impoverished student.



7.Serious 严重的



Severe



8.Obvious 明显的



Manifest: a manifest error judge明显判断失误; Adv. Manifestly .e.g. a manifestly unfair system.



Apparent、Evident



Patent: patent impossibilities. 显然不可能的事。



9.cheap 便宜的



Economical：经济的，不浪费，而不是单纯指某物便宜。经济适用房：economically affordable housing。



Inexpensive=cheap



Reasonable：价格合理的。Reasonable price



Affordable：能够支付的。



名词替换：



1.Forefather 祖先



Ancestor、Predecessor



2.Difference不同



Gap（简单但是牛）沟，generation gap——very common use in CET-4/6



Distinction: sharp/clear distinction between allergy and food intolerance (TBBT里面的Howard就有lactose intolerance，一吃peanuts就会肿，长荨麻疹rash哈哈。)



再想牛就用schism。比如“填平两个分支学科之间的分歧”heal the schism between clinical medicine and public health.(有本书就叫这个。)



3.Crime 犯罪



Delinquency：一般crime都用不到。指道德败坏，违法行为，为显示词汇量可以与crime连用



Criminal Act：犯罪行为



4.Environment 环境



Circumstance：under the circumstances. 相当抽象的词，“情况”。



Surrounding：表示周围居住的环境，想当具体。Nearby可与之互换。The surrounding area.



Atmosphere、Ambience：这两个词可替换，但是当atmosphere表示大气层的意思的时候则不能。



5.Pollution 污染



Contamination: 我觉得太装B了，他的pp还不错：contaminated water—特指被污染的水



6.Human 人类



Individual/men/ones/以及一切表示工人，农民公务员等等的词



The human race



Humankind



Humanity：特别指出，用来表示人性。其他一概

不要用。虽然也有人之类的意思。





7.Danger 危险



Hazard：化学、物理危害；隐患：polluted water is a hazard to wild life and nature；safety/nature hazard.



8.In modern society 在当今社会



In contemporary society



In present-day society



In this day and age（这是最牛的说法）