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。)
17.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。)
18.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.
19.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。
20.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,)
21.aid, help, assist 用作动词均可表“帮助”。 aid为正式用词,help最常用。
assist最正式,表示协助某人做某事,尤指在体力上或具体事务上帮助和扶持。如:She employed a woman to assist her with the housework. (她雇了一名妇女帮她做家务。)
22.alive, living, live
alive 指虽有死的可能,但仍活着,一般只作表语。 living可用于人或物,作定语时可前可后。 live只做前置定语,用于动物和个别事物前。 23.almost, nearly
一般说来,almost比nearly 表示的意思更接近“开始”、“完成” (目标)等。
在all, every, always 前,两者都可用。如:He is almost (nearly) smoking. (他几乎每天抽烟。)
almost可同never, no, nobody, none, nothing 连用,而nearly却不能。如:Almost no one believed her. (几乎没人相信他。)
24.alone, lonely
alone只表“独自”的客观状态,没有感情色彩,只作表语;lonely表“孤独”,:“寂寞”,能作定语和表语。如:When she is left alone, she feels lonely. (剩下她一人时她就感到寂寞。)
alone, only均可表“只有”,但alone须置于被修饰词之后,only往往置于被修饰词前。如:He alone (Only he) can remember the story. (只有他才能记起这段经历。)
25.already, all ready
already已经(副词)。如:The plane had already landed before we got to the airport.
all ready准备好的(作表语)。如:We were all ready to leave when the telephone rang.
26.alter, change
作不及物动词时,两者可通用。
作及物动词时,alter是对局部,表面的改变,而change则是对本质的,全面的,彻底的改变。如:Can you alter the dress? (你会改做这件衣服吗,)Can you change the dress?(你能给我更换这件衣服吗,)
27.altogether, all together
altogether总计,总共。如:Altogether there are six of us. (我们总计六人。)
all together 全都在一起。如:We played the game all together. (我们大家都一起来玩游戏吧。)
28.amaze, astonish, surprise
都可作及物动词,意思相近,一般都是以事物作主语,人称作宾语。 amaze强调“使惊讶”,有时还有“惊叹”,“佩服”等意。
astonish表示“使大吃一惊”,“几乎使人无法相信”之意。 surprise只表“出乎意料之外”。 29.among, between
among 在??中间(三者或三者以上之间)。如:Our house is hidden among trees.
between在两者之间。如:It is easy to distinguish between a Japanese and a Chinese.
30.announce, declare
announce指宣布公众期望或与公众有关的事情,含有预告的意味。如:The government announced that they would pay their debts. (政府宣布将偿还债务。)
declare指正式负责地宣布,声明,通常用于庄重的场合。如:The judge declared him guilty.(法官宣布他有罪。)
31.annoy, bother, trouble, disturb
annoy指外界的干扰令人讨厌或无法忍受,或指某人故意去妨碍别人。 bother打扰,麻烦,指给人行动带来不便或身心上带来痛苦。如:May I trouble you with a few
questions?
disturb打扰,扰乱,指使正常秩序或一时的安定受到破坏,精力一时不能集中。如:I am sorry to disturb you.
32.answer, reply, respond
用作动词,都可表“回答”,“答复”。
answer是常用词,后可接letter(回信),question(回答问题),doorbell(开门),telephone(接电话),advertisement(应征广告)等。
reply较正式,一般只作不及物动词,可与to连用。如:He has replied to my letter.(他回答了我信中提的问题。)
respond作“回答”解,用得较少,也同to 搭配。如:He quickly responded to the question.
(他很快就回答了问题。)
另外,respond还可表“对??反应”,“响应”。 33. appreciate, enjoy
appreciate指对事物有深刻的理解能力并能鉴赏。
enjoy是一般用语,仅指感官或智力上的满足,“享受”的意味较强。 34. approve, prove
approve(1)赞成,同意。如:I don’t approve of wasting time.(我不赞成浪费时间。)
(2)批准,通过。如:The minister approved the building plan. 部长批准了建筑计划。
prove和approve词形相似,prove是“证明”,“表明是”等。 35. argue, debate, dispute
argue着重“说理”,“论证”,“企图说明”,且后可接that引导的从句。 debate着重双方各自陈述理由,尤其是“公开地”、“正式地”辩论。如:The subject was hotly
debated.
dispute着重就分歧进行热烈的“争论”,含有“相持不下”或“未得到解决”的意味。如:He disputed with his wife on household expenses.
36. arise, rise, raise
arise表无形的东西(如困难,问题等)“出现”,“发生”。
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