高级英语词汇区别

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6. terrified terrifying
Terrified: 意味着一种被恐惧镇住的紧张心情; Terrifying: 指(声音、现象)本身具有令人恐怖的因素。 The terrified mother watched the dog attack her child. What a terrifying voice.
15. moral morale Moral: 主要指道德、品行、寓意 Morale: 主要指军队士气、精神面貌 He has no morals and will do anything for money. The team’s morale was high after the victory.
18. noncommittal tentative Noncommittal: 指在(争论,讨论中)不表示确定意见或立场,态度不明朗 Tentative: 是指试验性质,尝试性的,(凭)推测的,暂时性的。 She gave me a noncommittal answer
It is just a tentative explanation.
23. pitiful sympathetic Pitiful: 形容人或物可怜的,令人同情的 Sympathetic: 表示出于同情的,表示同情的。 The pitiful old lady died in a winter morning.
He was obviously sympathetic over what had happened.
28. justifiable justified Justifiable: 指在法律和道义上可证明为正当的,无可非议的,情有可原的 Justified: 指有理由,合情合理的,正当的。 What he did just now was hardly justifiable. He is fully justified in leaving the matter at that.
25. stumble tumble Stumble: Leabharlann Baidu跌,绊脚,强调被。。。绊倒之意,也指跌跌撞撞地走,蹒跚而行驶 Tumble: 指摔倒,滚翻,跌跤,坠落。
He stumbled over the edge of the carpet and fell. She tripped and tumbled down the stairs.
24. anguish melancholy Anguish: 指(精神、心灵)极度痛苦,悲痛 Melancholy: 形容内在的气质和经常的愁眉苦脸不是由外部原因引起的,这是一种习 惯性的忧郁、低沉,而事实上并非有什么不愉快的事,它表现的是一种感伤而不是痛苦。 She was in anguish over her missing child. He gave me a melancholy smile.
17. embitter agitate Embitter: 使苦恼,怨恨,使痛苦 Agitate: 使激动,使狂躁不安,使焦虑。 She was embittered by her many disappointments. He was much agitated about his father’s health.
8. evade dodge Evade: 指巧妙地躲避、逃脱,也指避免(充分、诚实)地回答问题 Dodge: 指与他人无害的,为了避免面对某人或某事而想出来的巧妙办法。 You shouldn’t evade paying tax due. He dodged the falling rock and escaped unhurt.
26. on the whole as a whole On the whole: 总的看来,大体上,指对多个事物权衡后得出结论 As a whole: 作为一整体,整个看来,前面往往有一个表示集体意义的名词。 I think, on the whole, we had better stay at home. The temperature for the country as a whole is relatively high.
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22. shrewd cunning Shrewd: 指天生聪明的、机灵的,具有神奇洞察力的,通常也指精明而讲究实际的 Cunning: 强调运用智力来狡诈行骗,通常反映的是一种低层次的才智或恶劣的道德品 质。 He is a shrewd business man. The thief was very cunning.
16. separate segregate Separate: 指使原先合在一起的东西分开,也可以指从中隔开,常和 from 搭配,有时 还有区别开的意思。 Segregate: 指把两个团体或把一组人整体隔离,常指种族或宗教上的隔绝。 The Atlantic separates Europe from America. The doctor decided to segregate people with infectious disease.
12. sympathy empathy Sympathy: 意为协调或共鸣,用于物时脂相互的影响
,用于人时通常指精神上的共鸣,或指志趣爱好的投合; Empathy: 指感情移入,具有了解别人之感觉或动机的能力。 I’m glad to find that we are in perfect sympathy. I have empathy for the mother.
7. contemptuous contemptible Contemptuous: 指认为某物或某人卑鄙、无耻或毫无价值,并实际上也把这种看法表 现出来 Contemptible: 指任何能引起鄙视或嘲笑的事物,往往指首先或行为准则。 She gave a contemptuous laugh. The indifference of the on-lookers was really contemptible.
4. exhilarate exasperate Exhilarate: 意为使高兴
Exasperate: 激怒,使烦恼。 I was exhilarated by her visit. I was exasperated by all the noise.
5. jumble clutter Jumble: 指不相同的东西混合在一起,混杂; Clutter: 指许多物品堆挤在一起,散乱,杂乱。 His thoughts were all jumbled. His desk is always cluttered.
14. perseverance persistence Perseverance: 含不屈不挠和执着的意味,强调积极的忍耐,运用耐力排除各种困难 Persistence: 指坚持不懈,也含有固执的意义。 That shows his perseverance in the face of hardship. She accepted his persistence in pressing the invitation.
10. prevent withhold Prevent: 预防、防止,它适用于人力所及范围,指运用强有力的或暴力的阻止手段, 阻止反对某事。 Withhold: 意为“抵制”,“拒绝给予” These rules are intended to prevent accident. The company decided to withhold payment until they had completed the construction of the building.
13. content contented
Content: 只作表语,表示某种程度上的满足 Contented: 表示心满意足,不想再多要。 He was content that the thing had happened. Don’t be contented with little success.
There are some rambling houses. Listen! There is gun-fire rumbling in the distance.
3. relevant relative Relevant: 意为切题的、恰当的、有重大关系的、有意义的逻辑联系 Relative: 着意于一物受他物影响而产生的依赖的关系。 The witness’s testimony is not relevant to the case. Market values are always relative to the demand.
She gave ingenuous answers to all his questions. He has an ingenious mind.
21. grudge malice Grudge: 指对个人所怀有的恶意,通常暗示因受到某种实际的或想像的轻蔑或侮辱而 产生的怨恨,并且常常暗示进行报复的决心; Malice: 通常指根深蒂固的并且常常毫无道理或无法解释的恶意或怨恨,时常带有内心 乐于做坏事,伤害他人,看到他人受苦之义。 I always feel she has a grudge against me, although I don’t know what wrong I’ve done her . There was no malice intended in what sh
11. incredible incredulous Incredible: 表被动意义,指不能令人相信的,难以置信的; Incredulous: 表示怀疑的 What she was achieved is incredible to us.
There is an incredulous look on his face.
27. confine limit Confine: 强调禁止或不能通过的边界,常表达严格的约束、遏制的含义,并带有限制、 束缚、阻碍或抵制等含蓄意义;
Limit: 表示限制,通常指对时间、空间、数量、能量或产品等预先做出规定。 He is confined to his berth by seasickness. Try to limit your talk to ten minutes.
19. scrub scrape Scrub: 指用力擦洗,擦净,一般用水、毛巾、刷子等。 Scrape: 指用工具刮,刮削,削掉,刮磨。 He is scrubbing the floor. Before eating, scrape the mould from the surface.
20. ingenuous ingenious Ingenuous: 多指人的性格、行为等坦白、直率的,并含有天真、单纯,没有心计之义。 Ingenious: 指人机灵的,主要指头脑聪明,有发明的才能。
高级英语词汇区别
1. mix blend Mix: 意为多种成分的混合,各构成成分失去自身的存在 Blend: 指可和谐共存的事物的混合 Oil and water do not mix. These two colors blend well.
2. rambling rumbling Rambling: 指(建筑物、街道)布局零乱的。 Rumbling: 指发生隆隆声
9. intrude invade Intrude: 常指侵犯别人的隐私,有时指无意和突然的侵入 Invade: 指用武装力量很快地侵入别人的领地。 The man was embarrassed at finding that he had intruded on the young lovers. Hilter invaded Poland.
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