易混淆词汇

abundant in富于

Indonesia is abundant in petroleum deposits.

印尼的石油蕴藏量丰富。

There was an abundance

in abundance.

They've adopted a baby girl.

他们领养了一个女婴。

I think it's time to adopt a different strategy in my dealings with him.

我觉得在和他的交往中该采用一种不同的策略了。

Accumulate vi. 累积；积聚vt. 积攒

formulate vt. 规划；用公式表示；明确地表达

simulate vt. 模仿；假装；冒充adj. 模仿的；假装的

afflict (If a problem or illness afflicts a person or thing, they suffer from it) 使痛苦；使苦恼；

折磨

a country afflicted by civil war

饱受内战蹂躏的国家

inflict vt. 造成；使遭受（损伤、痛苦等）；给予（打击等）

The suffering inflicted on these children was unimaginable.

这些孩子遭受的痛苦无法想象。

Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past?

我们注定要重复过去的错误吗？

Deem认为，视为；觉得

The strike was deemed to be illegal

Maintain maintenance

infer What do you infer from her refusal?你从她的拒绝中能推断出什么？prefer

refer

refer to sb/sth①（尤指简短地）提到，谈及，谈起

In her autobiography she occasionally refers to her unhappy schooldays.

在其自传中，她偶尔提及了她不幸的学生时代。

②涉及…；与…相关

The new salary scale only refers to company managers anddirectors.

新的工资级别标准只适用于公司经理和主管人员。

conceive vt. 怀孕；构思；以为；持有vi. 怀孕；设想；考虑

perceive认为, 看待, 视为…

deceive

I think my uncle still conceives of me as a four-year-old.

我觉得我叔叔仍然把我看成是4岁的小孩。

He couldn't conceive of a time when he would have no job.

他不能想象有一天他会没有工作。

Do you know exactly when you conceived?

你知道自己怀孕的确切时间吗？

Republican party members were confidently proclaiming victory even as the first few votes came in.

刚刚得到几张选票，共和党人就准备自信地宣布胜利了。

vulnerable a. ①容易受伤的，脆弱的。②易受攻击的，难防御的indignation n. 愤慨；愤怒；义愤

innovation n. 创新，革新；新方法

consensus n. 一致；舆论；合意

emit vt. 发出（光、热、声音等），射出omit vt. ①省略，删除。②遗漏，疏忽permit n. 许可证，执照。

Submit vi. (to) 屈服，听从

trivial a. 琐碎的，不重要的eternal a. 永久的，永世的

confidential a. 秘密的，机密的

residential a. 居住的，住宅的

Very high taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes.

contrive vt. 设计；发明；图谋vi. 谋划；设法做到

Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd beideally suited. 你不能为他们安排一次会面吗？我想他们俩会挺般配的。

deprive vt. 使丧失，剥夺

He claimed that he had been deprived of his freedom/rights.

他声称自己被剥夺了自由／权利。

You can't function properly when you're deprived of sleep.

如果被剥夺了睡眠，人体就无法正常工作。

strive vi. （尤指长期或不畏艰难地）努力，奋斗，力争

In her writing she strove for a balance between innovation and familiar prose forms.

她在写作中力图在创新和传统散文形式之间求得平衡。

Convince vt. 说服；使相信；使信服

It's useless trying to convince her (that) she doesn't need to lose any weight.

要让她相信她无需减肥是徒劳的。

Convict vt.在法庭上）宣判（某人）有罪，證明（某人）有罪… n.罪犯

He has twice been convicted of robbery/arson.

他两次被判犯有抢劫罪／纵火罪。

Contempt 不尊敬, 蔑视, 鄙视…

At school she had complete contempt for all her teachers.

exempt vt. 免除；豁免adj. 被免除的；被豁免的n. 免税者；被免除义务者

Small businesses have been exempted from the tax increase.

小公司可免于增税。

Candidates with a qualification in Chemistry have exemption from this course. 有化学专业学位证书的考生可免修该课程。