高考英语核心词汇辨析与解析(十六)

高考英语核心词汇辨析与解析（十六）

1. confuse /kən'fjuːz/ v. 使混乱/困惑/糊涂；混淆

拓展

(1) confuse ... with/and ...把……与……混淆

(2)confused adj. 混乱的；迷惑不解的，感到迷惑的

get/be/become confused about对……迷惑不解

be confused by 被……搞糊涂

(3) confusing adj.令人困惑的；难懂的

(4)confusion n. 困惑；混淆，混乱

in confusion 困惑地；困窘地

例句

①Don't confuse him with his brother. They are much alike.

别把他与他弟弟混淆了。他们非常相像。

②Most of the children are still confused about the ending of the film.

大部分孩子对这部电影的结尾仍感到困惑不解。

③Sometimes the same word has as lightly different meaning, which can be confusing.

有时候，同一个单词在意义上一点细微的差别就让人困惑。

串记

They confused me by asking so many confusing questions. I was totally confused,standing there in confusion, not knowing what to do.

他们提了一大堆令人费解的问题，把我难住了。我稀里糊涂，茫然地站在那儿，全然不知所措。

2. congratulate /kən'grætjʊleɪt/ v. 祝贺，向…道喜

拓展

(1)congratulate sb. on/upon(doing) sth.因(做)某事向某人祝贺

congratulate oneself on sth. 为某事庆幸/感到自豪

(2) congratulation n．祝贺；祝贺词(常用复数)

offer/send one's congratulations to sb.(on sth.)(为某事)向某人表示祝贺

express/accept one'scongratulations表示/接受某人的祝贺

例句

①You should congratulate yourself on having done an excellent job.

你应该为你出色的工作感到自豪。

②We offered our congratulations to Mr.Wang on his success in business.

我们祝贺王先生生意兴隆。

辨析

congratulate,celebrate

这两个词都有“庆贺”的意思。其区别在于:

congratulate指对某人取得的成就或喜庆之事表示祝贺，其宾语是人，表示就某事祝贺某人时，常与介词on搭配。

celebrate通常指举行盛大隆重的仪式庆祝或纪念有意义的日子或某件事情，多暗示节日般的欢乐场面，宾语为事件。

串记

congratulate,celebrate

这两个词都有“庆贺”的意思。其区别在于:congratulate指对某人取得的成就或喜庆之事表示祝贺，其宾语是人，表示就某事祝贺某人时，常与介词on搭配。celebrate通常指举行盛大隆重的仪式庆祝或纪念有意义的日子或某件事情，多暗示节日般的欢乐场面，宾语为事件。

3. connect /kə'nekt/ vt.连接/结；联系；衔接；把…联系起来

拓展

(1)connect A and/to/with B 把A和B连接起来

connect A with B 把A和B联系起来

connect... with/to ...把……和……联系/连接起来

(2)connected a. 连接的；有联系的

be connected with与……有联系/关系

(3)connection连/联接；接头；联系(同link)

have connection with 与……有关系

in connection with 与……有关

例句

①A good student must connect what he reads with/to what he sees around him.

好学生必须会把他在书本里读到的东西与他在周围所看到的事物联系起来。

②Health problems are connected with bad eating habits and a lack of exercise.

健康问题与不良饮食习惯和缺乏锻炼有关。

③The police arrested the men in connection with a bank robbery.

警察拘留了与一次银行抢劫案有牵连的那几个人。

串记

The flat is connected to another flat so the police connect the murder with another case. They conclude the death of the renter is connected with the disappearance of the landlord.

那套公寓与另一套公寓相连，所以警察把凶杀案与另一起案件联系起来。他们断定房客的死亡与房东的失踪有关。

4. consider /kən'sɪdə/ vt.考虑；顾及；认为

拓展

(1)consider(考虑)＋疑问句+to do sth 打算/考虑…做某事

consider(考虑)＋n./pron. 考虑某事

consider(考虑)＋doing sth. 考虑做某事

consider(考虑)＋从句考虑……

(2)consider(认为)＋sb./sth.+ as/to be adj/n.认为某人/某事……

consider(认为)＋it+adj./n. 认为……

(3)consideration n．考虑，体谅

take ...into consideration 考虑到……，顾及到……

under consideration 正在考虑之中

(4)considering prep. 考虑到；鉴于

considerate adj. 关切的；体谅的；体贴的

considerable adj. 相当多的；相当大的

例句

①I'm considering becoming a teacher after graduation because a teacher is often considered to be the engineer of human souls.

我在考虑毕业后当老师，因为老师常被认为是人类灵魂的工程师。

②Everything taken into consideration, they trusted themselves more and returned to their positions.