相似词汇辨析struck stricken

英语相似词汇辨析:struck, stricken

这两个词都是动词strike的过去分词一般指“打击”，在现代英语中，它们的使用场合有所不同。

Struck用于一般打击、撞击、刺激，如：

They were struck by lightning.

他们遭雷打了。

I was struck with a wonderful idea.

我忽然间想起了一个很好的主意。

The workers stopped work over wage deduction and the contractors were struck dumb by their strike.

工人为了克扣工资而罢工，而包工们看见他们罢工惊得目瞪口呆。 by the determination of their principal.

学生们深为他们校长的决心而感动。

She was struck with pity for the old man.

她对那老人动了怜悯之心。

Their eyes were struck by the awesome beauty of the landscape.

令人叹为观止的美丽风景把他们慑住了。

Stricken指受打击，受煎熬，只用于负面场合，较struck富感情色彩，又多用于正式场合;试比较：

The poor are struck most by the ever-increasing housing costs.

穷人受不断上涨的楼房费用打击最大。

The people in the village are stricken with poverty.

村民受尽穷困的折磨。

The village was struck with famine after a drought.

旱灾过后，该村正遭饥荒打击。

Many people in backward countries are stricken with famine and epidemic disease.

在落后国家里，很多人受尽饥荒及瘟疫的煎熬。

以上stricken的用法也常以复合形容词形式出现，放在名词之前，如：poverty-stricken、famine-stricken、drought-stricken、panic-stricken、fever-stricken等等。stricken 也见于某些文学语言中(如stricken in years年迈的;stricken with remorse极为懊悔的)。

有时候，在某些复合词中不用stricken，而用struck，如：awe-struck，thunder-struck，但在某些名词前，却单个用stricken 而不用struck，如：a stricken field战场;a stricken heart忧伤之心，对于这类词语，我们应当把它们看作固定的词组搭配。

真的！genuine, real, true

(2007-03-29 11:49:24)

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一天看动感英语节目，主持人说了三个真字：genuine, real, true。主持人说的搭配是:genuine watch; real friend; true love.

genuine是指某东西表里一直，不是假货（counterfeit/fake watches ）；real指客观物质世界的“存在”,强调人或事的实际存在意义，不是虚假或编造的；true“真的”，是指精神世界的真实，强调事实、故事、消息、信息、朋友、证人、爱情等是真的，不是假的或错的。记得澳洲组合野人花园（Savage Garden）的那首经典作品吗？Truly Madly Deeply，快找来听听！

1. gen'u'ine S3 W3

1 a genuine feeling, desire etc is one that you really feel, not one you pretend to feel [= sincere]

genuine interest/concern/desire etc

The reforms are motivated by a genuine concern for the disabled.

a genuine fear of invasion

'Did he really?' Her surprise seemed genuine.

2 something genuine really is what it seems to be [= real]:

We need laws that will protect genuine refugees.

The strap is genuine leather.

3someone who is genuine is honest and friendly and you feel you can trust them [≠ false]:

She is the most genuine person I've ever met.

4the genuine article

a)informal a person or thing that is a true example of their type:

If you want to meet a real Southerner, Jake is the genuine article.

b) something that is real and is not a copy intended to deceive people: