成人高考高中起点英语同义词解析(一)
reserve 指“为一目的保持, 或保存一段时间”, 如:
A great future is reserved for you.
光明的前程在等待着你。
remain stay
都指“继续停留”或“继续保持某种状态、关系或行动。”
remain 常可与stay 互换, 但它强调“继续停留于一处或保持原状态、情况性质而不改变”, 如:
This place remains cool all summer.
这个地方整个夏天都凉爽。
stay强调“某人[物]继续留在原地而不离开”, 如:
He stayed to see the end of the game.
他一直呆到比赛结束
ability, capacity, faculty, talent, skill, competence, aptitude
These nouns denote the qualities in a person that permit or facilitate achievement or accomplishment.
这些名词都表示某人具有取得进步或成功的素质。
Ability is the power, mental or physical, to do something:
Ability 是指智力或体力上具有做某事的能力:
“To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient” (Ihara Saikaku)。
“要致富,光靠能力是不够的,还得看机遇” (伊哈拉·塞科古)。
Capacity refers to an innate potential for growth, development, or accomplishment:
Capacity 指天赋的,如生长、发展或成功的潜力:
“Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired” (Plautus)。
“智慧的获得是依靠才能而不是年龄” (普洛提斯)。
Faculty denotes an inherent power or ability:
Faculty 指内在的力量或能力:
An unerring faculty for detecting hypocrisy is one of her most useful attributes.
能无误地看出伪善的能力是她身上有用的特征之一。
Talent emphasizes inborn ability, especially in the arts:
Talent 强调天生的才能,尤其是在艺术方面:
“There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all the virtues are of no avail” (Aldous Huxley)。
“勤奋及其他的品质都不能弥补天分的不足” (阿尔多斯·赫胥黎)。
Skill stresses ability that is acquired or developed through experience:
Skill 强调由经验而获得或发展的能力:
“The intellect, character and skill possessed by any man are the product of certain original tendencies and the training which they have received” (Edward L. Thorndike)。