成人高考高中起点英语同义词解析(一)
irritate 表示“恼怒”、“不耐烦”的意思, 比 annoy 更为强烈, 着重指一种暂时或短期的“恼怒”, 如:
His explanation irritated us all.
他的解释使我们都恼火了。
eager avid keen anxious
意思都含“渴望的”。
eager指“以巨大的热情渴望实现愿望或达到目的的”, 有时也指“由于其他感情影响而表现急不可耐的”, 如:
He was eager to see her.
他渴望见到她。
avid 指“以强烈的(有时是贪婪的)愿望去获取的”, 如:
He was avid for gold.
他贪图黄金。
keen 指“对某人、某物怀有极大兴趣或热情的”, 如:
They were keen to win.
他们急于取胜。
anxious 指“热切地希望实现愿望,并因顾虑愿望落空而心情不安,感到焦虑的”, 如:
l'm anxious to know the final result.
我急于想知道后的结果。
evident obvious apparent
意思都含“明显的”。
evident多用于推理及抽象的事, 指“明显的”, 如:
It's evident that the plan is impracticable.
很明显这计划是不能实现的。
obvious 指“容易知道或发现, 无须解释或证明的”, 如:
It's obvious that a man isn't strong enough to lift an elephant.
很明显, 一个人是不能举起大象的。
apparent 含“一目了然的”的意思, 还可指“思想上容易理解的”, 如:
It's apparent that you can't be trusted.
很显然, 你是不可信赖的。
appearance look aspect
均指“外表”、“外观”。
appearance 和 look 都指“人或物的外表”。appearance 在指人时,往往包括衣着, 如:
His appearance is very neat.
他外表很整洁。
在指一般事物时, 往往含有外表和实质不一致的概念, 如:
Do not judge according to the appearance.
不要从事物的外表来判断。
look 指人时, 用复数, 指“相貌”、“容貌”, 如:
Never judge a man by his looks.
不要从貌取人。
用单数, 指“表情”、“神色”, 如:
There was a look of suppressed anger on his face.
他脸上露出一种抑制怒气的表情。
look 在指一般事物时,不含有外表和实质不一致的意思, 如:
I don't like the look of the affair.
这件事看起来很可疑。
aspect 也指“外表”, 尤指“面部表情”或“在特定的时间、地点的特点”, 如:
In spring the yard has a freshening aspect.
春天, 院子里呈现出一派清新的景象。
argue debate dispute
都含“辩论”的意思。
argue 着重“说理”、“论证”和“企图说服”, 如:
I argued with her for a long time, but she refused to listen to reason.
我和她辩论了好久, 但她还是不听。