成人学位英语备考词汇中易混淆词四
87. hanged, hung
hang, hanged, hanged吊死。如:He hanged himself when he failed.
Hang, hung, hung悬挂。如:His pictures were hung in the museum.
88. haste, hurry, speed
都与速度有关。
haste急速,急忙,多指人的动作迅速和匆忙。如:I felt no haste to depart.(我不急着走。)
hurry急忙,匆忙,常表示混乱,焦急和忙乱的意思。如:I forgot to pay my bill in my hurry.
Speed迅速,快,不暗示忙乱或焦急。如:More haste, less speed.(欲速则不达。)
89. hard, hardly
hard努力地。如:Take it easy. You‘ve been working too hard.
hardly几乎不,简直不。如:The children can hardly wait to hear the news.
90. home, house
home家。如:East or west, home is best.
House房子,住宅。如:Our new house is quite near the station.
91. equal, equivalent, identical, same
皆含相同,相等之意。
equal相同的,相等的,特指“数量,价值等”相同。如:Their ages are equal.
equivalent相等的,特指“价值,效力,意义”等相同的。如:This sentence is equivalent to that.
identical相同的,相等的,侧重于某一细节上完全相同。如:She wore the identical dress on both occasions.
identical相同的,相等的,侧重于某一细节上完全相同。如:She wore the identical dress on both occasion.(她在两种场合穿同样的衣服。)
same相同的,表示在质量、类型、外表或意义上相同,而实际上有差异。如:He is of about the same age as you.
92. imaginable, imaginary, imaginative
都是与想象有关的形容词。
imaginable可以想象得到的。如:This is the only solution imaginable.(这是惟一想得出的解决办法。)
imaginary假想的,虚构的。如:an imaginary character in a story(故事里的虚构人物)
imaginative富于想象力力的。如:an imaginative artist(想像力丰定的艺术家)
93. indifferent, different
indifferent冷漠的,不关心的,同to搭配。如:He was indifferent to his personal appearance.(他从前不注意自己的外表。)
different跟……不一样,同from搭配。如:This book is different from that one.(这本书跟那本不一样。)
94. industrial, industrious
industrial工业的,产业的。如:Italy is becoming an industrial nation.(意大利逐步成为工业国。)
industrious勤劳的,勤奋的。如:He is an industrious student.(他是个用功的学生。)
95. influence, effect
都有“影响”之意。
influence可作动词、名词,指对某人的思想行为、性格等产生影响。如:She was influenced by her middle school teachers.(她受中学时的老师影响。)
effect用作动词意为“造成”,“产生”,用作名词强调由于影响而产生特殊效果。如:The effects of the medicine are very good.(药效很好。)
96. intention, idea, purpose
intention主要指个人心里产生的做某事欲望或得到某物的想法,常见的搭配是have the intention of doing something.
Idea指“意见”,“见解”。
Purpose意为“目的”,着重于实现目的的决心和待付出的努力。如:For what purpose do you learn English?(你学英文的目的是什么?)
97. last, latest, final, ultimate
last后的,与first相对,还可指“上一次的”。如:My seat is in the last row.
latest近的,指时间上。如:the latest news(新消息)
final后的,指在一系列的事物中是后的,而且是结论性的,决定性的。如:The judgment has become final.(这已是后的判断。)
ultimate 终的,后的,用于正式场合,含有的和有权威的结果。如:He never considered the ultimate result of his action.(他从未考虑其行为的后果。)
98. lay, lie
lay放,搁。如:Lay the book on the desk.(把书放在桌上。)
lie(躺)的过去式和过去分词分别为lay, lain; lie(说谎)的过去式和过去分词为lied, lied; lay作动词时的过去式和过去分词是laid, laid.
99. literal, literary, literate
literal文字上的,字面的。如:a literal interpretation of a passage(对一段文章的字面解释)
literary文学的。如:literary works(文学作品)
literary有文化的(反义词是illiterate),如:people applying for the job should be computer literate.(申请这份工作的人应会使用电脑。)
100.manufacture, make, produce
manufacture制造,加工,较正式,通常表示把原料经过一定程度制成产品,多指使用机器大批生产。如:This textile factory manufactures cloth of good quality.(这家纺织厂生产优质布料。)
make做,制造,常用词,使用较广泛。如:She can make cakes.
Produce生产,制造,着重产品的数量。如:The chemical works produced 5,000 tons of chemical fertilizer last year.(这家化工厂去年生产了5000吨化肥。)