高级英语近义词辨析题

高级英语近义词辨析题汇总下册(共128题)

1. It took him three years to pay off all the debts (occurred, incurred) by buying that new house.

Occur: to happen

Incur: if you incur a cost, debt, or a fine, you have to pay money because of something you have done, or you do not make money

2. The boy gave an (ingenuous, ingenious) account of what had happened, concealing nothing.

Ingenuous: an ingenuous person is simple, trusting, and honest, especially because they have not had much experience of life

Ingenious: someone who is ingenious is very good at inventing things or at thinking of new ideas

3. He gave such (implicit, explici t) instructions that everyone understood them.

Implicit: suggested or understood without being stated directly

Explicit: expressed in a way that is very clear and direct

4. The two brothers (compliment, complement) each other; one is impulsive, the other, cautious.

Compliment: to say something nice to someone in order to praise them

Complement: to make a good combination with someone or something else(相辅相成,结合得很好)

5. The little boy (stimulated, simulated) illness not to go to school.

Stimulate: to encourage or help an activity to begin or develop further

Simulate: to make or produce something that is not real but has the appearance or feeling of being real

6. Sitting alone in his room, he (wondered, brooded) over his failure to get a job after a whole year of trying.

Wonder: to think about something that you are not sure about and try to guess what is true, what will happen etc

Brood: to keep thinking about something that you are worried or upset about

7. She has had a (grudge, malice) against me ever since I turned down her unreasonable request.

Grudge: a feeling of dislike for someone because you cannot forget that they harmed you in the past

Malice: the desire to harm someone because you hate them

8. After graduating from the business school, he went to work in a big corporation and proved to be quite a (shrewd, cunning) businessman.

Shrewd: good at judging what people or situations are really like

Cunning: someone who is cunning is clever and good at deceiving people in order to get what they want

9. (Invariably,Unchangeably) strict with himself, he went over the accounts yet another time.

Invariably: if something invariably happens or is invariably true, it always happens or is true

Unchangeably: not likely to change, or changing often

10. Many people are worried by what they think is (unaccustomed, undesirable) scenes on TV for the children.

Unaccustomed: not used to something

Undesirable: something or someone that is undesirable is not welcome or wanted because they may affect a Situation or person in a bad way

11. It is impossible to sort out all the (squabbles, debates) among the children. Sometimes one just has to ignore them.

Squabbles: to argue about something unimportant

Debates: to discuss a subject formally when you are trying to make a decision or find a solution

12. It is such a (pitiful, sympathetic) sight to see the elderly people sitting on park benches, lonely and expressionless.

Pitiful: someone who is pitiful looks or sounds so sad and unfortunate that you feel very sorry for them(直接修饰人)

Sympathetic: caring and feeling sorry about someone's problems(可跟人或物或动作)

13. The party over, the guests gone, she looked at the empty rooms and sank into (anguish, melancholy).

Anguish: mental or physical suffering caused by extreme pain or worry

Melancholy: a feeling of sadness for no particular reason

14. He (stumbled, tumbled) on the pavement and twisted his ankle.

Stumble: to walk in an unsteady way and often almost fall

Tumble: to fall down quickly and suddenly, especially with a rolling movement

15. What happened to them on the trip was a nightmare, which left them (unspeakably, pitifully) furious for weeks.

Unspeakably: unspeakable feelings are so extreme that it is impossible to describe them

Pitifully: very bad in quality(作副词只表示这个意思) (上述为形容词解释)

16. The vulgar commercial which followed broke the (spell, appeal) of the film.

Break the spell: to make someone stop paying all their attention to something, or to make a time stop feeling special

Appeal: an urgent request for something important(作为名词的其中一个意思)

17. His six-year experience gave him a big (advantage, strength) over the other applicants for the job.

Advantage: something that helps you to be more successful than others, or the state of having this

Strength: the physical power and energy that makes someone strong

18. These rules and regulations not only apply to the graduate students, but to the school (on the whole, as a whole).

on the whole: used to say that something is generally true(大体上,基本上)

as a whole: used to say that all the parts of something are being considered together(从总体上来考虑)