作者:深圳教育在线 来源:szedu.net 更新日期:2008-10-28
1.adequate, enough, sufficient adequate 足够的,指数量多,适合需要的数量。 enough足够的,指数量多,足够满足某种目的或愿望。 sufficient同enough,常可互换使用。但sufficient指数量多,足够满足某种需要,在口语中常用enough,在书面语中常用sufficient,在不易肯定时多用enough。Enough可放在被修饰名词后,且可作副词,sufficient则不可这么用。 2.admit, confess 两者都表“承认”。 admit指大胆地承认以前试图不论或推诿的坏事。如:John has admitted to breaking the window. (约翰已承认打破了窗玻璃。) Confess常指承认错误,罪行等。如:The thief confessed his crime to the police. (小偷向警察承认了他所犯下的罪行。) 3.advice,advise advice劝告(名词)。如:I want to give you some advice. advise劝告(动词)。如:What do you advise me to do? 4.adopt, adapt adopt (1)收养。如:Since they have no children of their own, they decided to adopt a little girl. (他们自己没有孩子,所以决定收养一个小女孩。)(2)采纳,采用,通过。如:He adopted our suggestion.(他采纳了我们的建议。) adopt与adapt词形相近,后者的意思是“使适合”,“改编”等。 5.advance, proceed, progress 均可表“前进”。 advance表向一个特定的目的地,在一定的时间或空间内稳定地向前运动。如:Napoleon’s army advanced on Moscow. (拿破仑的军队向莫斯科挺进。) proceed强调从一处向另一处的运动,常表停顿后继续前进。如:They proceeded from London to Paris. (他们从伦敦往巴黎前进。) peogress 多表自然过程,指生长,发展等稳定地或循环往复地前进。如:The year is progressing, it will soon be summer. (光阴似箭,很快又是夏天了。) 6.advantage, benefit, profit advantage 常指一种使某人处于比其他人相对有利的地位,机会或时机。如:He had the advantage of good education. (受过良好的教育对他十分有利。) profit 多指报偿或报偿性的收入。如Did you make any profit last year? (你去年赚钱了吗?) benefit 指物质利益或精神方面的好处。如:I get no personal benefit from the business.(我个人从这家企业中并不获益。) 7.advise, convince, persuade 均可表“劝说”。 advise表建议,规劝某人应该做某事或如何做。如:He advised me to put my money in the bank. (他劝我把钱存入银行。) convince指向某人陈述事实,运用推理或逻辑证明使某人信服。如:We convinced Smith to go by train rather than plane. (我们说服了史密斯乘火车而不乘飞机前往。) persuade指用感情说服某人去做某事。如:I persuaded him to go back to work. (我说服他回去工作了。) 8.affect, effect affect影响(动词)。如Smoking affects health. effect效果,影响(名词)。如:Government policy will not have any effect on us. 9.afford, provide, supply 都有“提供,供给”的意思。 afford一般只用于抽象事物。 provide 和supply意思相同,两个词都和with连用,构成provide /supply somebody with something的结构。 10.agree, consent agree 为常用词。如:Do you agree to the condition? (你同意这个条件吗?) consent为正式用词,多用于上下级的关系,表示同意别人的要求或请求。 如:Did the king consent to your plan?(国王同意你的计划吗?)
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