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考研英语相似易混单词
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adapt vt. 1.使适应 2.改编
adept a. (与at, in连用) 熟练的,精通的,内行
adjust vt. 1.调整,调节 2.校正
adopt vt. 1.收养 2.采用,采纳
1. For these children to develop to their full adult potential, their education must be adapted to those differences. (NETEM 1994, Passage 3, Paragraph 1)
对于这些孩子来说,要使他们到成年时全部的潜力能得到开发,教育必须针对这些不同之处进行调整。
2. Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, re-order, and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders, wonders, theorizes, criticizes and imagines. (NETEM 2004, Text 4, Paragraph 6)
智力寻求的是理解、运用、整合和调节,而才学是审视、思考、探究、形成理论、批判和想象。
3. Too many schools adopt the “win at all costs” moral standard and measure their success by sporting achievements. (NETEM 1995 Passage 4, Paragraph 2)
太多的学校采用“不惜一切代价获取成功”的道德标准,通过展示取得的成就来评判它们的成功。(注:sport vt. 显示;炫耀 n. 运动, 运动会)
announce v. 1.宣布,发表,通告 2.报告……到来
announcement n. 1.通布,预告,告示 2. 言论,谈话
announcer n. 播音员,报幕员
renounce vt. 1.放弃,抛弃2. 断然拒绝, 否认,与... 断绝关系 例: renounce one’s old habits 戒绝旧习惯
renounce the world 退隐
pronunciation n. 发音(方法)
pronounce v. 1.宣判,宣布 2. 发音
denounce vt. 公开指责,公然抨击,谴责
denounce的相关近义词:
damn vt. 谴责,指责,诅咒
pronounce的相关近义词:
declare vt. 1.宣布,宣告 2. 声明,表明3.断言,宣称
declaration n. 宣布,宣言
acclaim v. 欢呼,喝彩 n. 喝彩
claim v. 1.要求,索赔 2. 声称,主张3. 值得 n. 1.权利,要求权,所有权 2. (for, on)索赔 3.主张,断言
exclaim v. 呼喊,惊叫
exclamation n. 感叹,惊叹
reclaim vt. 1.收回 2. 开垦
proclaim vt. 宣布,声明
declaim v. 1.巧辩 2.(激昂地)演说 3.朗读4.谴责
(注:词干claim和clam有“喊叫,说”的意思)
1. It is announced that a wallet has been found and can be _______ at the manager’s office.
[A] declared [B] obtained [C] reclaimed [D] recognized
(NETEM 2000, Structure and Vocabulary, 第27题 正确答案:C)
通知说,有人捡到一个钱包,失主可到经理办公室认领。
2. Hofstadter says our country’s educational system is in the grips of people who “joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise.” (NETEM 2004, Text 4, Paragraph 7)
霍夫斯塔特说,掌握我们国家教育体系的人“沾沾自喜地、霸气十足地公然宣称敌视才学,迫不及待地认同那些看来在才智方面最难造就的孩子。”
applause n. 喝彩,夸奖,称赞
applaud v. 喝彩,称赞
applausive a. 拍手欢呼的
plausible a. 似乎合情理的,似乎可信的,似是而非的
Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary-particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true. (NETEM 1998, 翻译, 第75题)
尽管听起来很奇特,宇宙膨胀说是基本粒子物理学当中一些公认理论在科学上看似可信的推论,而许多天体物理学家七八年来一直相信宇宙膨胀说是正确的。
appreciable a. 可估计的,可察觉的
appreciate vt. 1.赏识, 鉴赏 2.感激 vi. 增值, 涨价
disappreciate v. 轻视, 低估
depreciate v. 降价,(货币)贬值
assert vt. 1.断言,宣称 2.维护
insert vt. 插入,嵌入
exert vt. 发挥,施加
dessert n. 甜食,甜糕点
desert vt. 1.抛弃 2.擅离(职守) n. 沙漠,不毛之地
desert的近义词:
abandon vt. 放弃, 遗弃 n. 放任, 狂热
discard vt. 丢弃, 抛弃
insert 的近义词:
embed [im5bed] vt. 使插入,使嵌入
It doesn’t help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert themselves. (NETEM 1998, Passage 1, Paragraph 2)
尽管修建高大雄伟的大坝已成为国家和民族实现威力的成功标志,结果还是于事无补。
Largely because of the extreme difficulty in affixing legal responsibility on those who continue to treat our environment with reckless abandon. (CET-6, 1999.6, Passage 2, paragraph 1)
主要是因为追究那些不断任意的破坏环境的人的法律责任十分困难。
pretext [5pri:tekst] n. 借口,托辞
context [5kCntekst] n. 文章前后关系,上下文
contest [5kCntest] v. 比赛,争论 n. 竞争,比赛
protest [prE5test] v. / n. 抗议,反对(联想记忆: 凡是应试test我们都是反对的)
detest [di5test] vt. 厌恶, 憎恨 (联想记忆: 凡是应试test我们都是讨厌的!)
testimony [5testimEni] n. 1.证据,证词 2. 表明
testify [5testifai] v. 证实,作证
testify 的相关近义词及衍生:
verify [5verifai] vi. 证实,核实
certify [5sE:tifai] v. 1.证明 2.发证书
certificate [sE5tifikit] n. 证书,证明书
scare [skZE] vt. 惊吓 n. 惊恐
stare [steE(r.] vi. 盯,凝视
glare [^lZE] v./ n. 1.闪耀,闪光 2. 怒视,瞪眼
flare [flZE] n. 1.闪耀 2.(衣裙等)张开3.(感情的)爆发 v. 1.(火焰)闪耀 2.(衣裙等)张开
flair [flZE] n. 天赋,天资
flame[fleim] n. 1.火焰 2.热情 v. 1.燃烧 2.(感情强烈地)爆发
If you have a flair for saving, managing and investing money, you have money management skills. (2006年新大纲标题题C选项) 如果你有节约、投资、管理钱财的天分,那么你拥有理财的能力。
flame的相关近义词及衍生:
burn [bE:n] v. 燃烧,点燃 n. 烧伤,灼伤
ignite [i^5nait] vt. 点燃 vi. 1.点火, 引燃 2. 激起
sparkle [5spB:kl] vi. 闪耀,发火花
spark [spB:k] n. 火花,火星 vi. 发火花 vt. 引发
ascertain [7AsE5tein] vt. 查明,弄清,确定
certainty [5sE:tEnti] n. 1.必然,肯定 2.必然的事
uncertain [Qn5sE:tn] a. 不肯定的,靠不住的
uncertainty [Qn5sE:tnti] n. 不肯定,易变性
certainly [5sE:tEnli] ad. 1.一定,必定 2.当然行
certain [5sE:tEn] a. 1.某一,某些 2.确信的,可靠的3. 肯定的,必然的
As the driver approached the point of entry for the highway, devices installed on the roadside would electronically check the vehicle to determine its destination and to ascertain that it had the proper automation equipment in good working order. (CET-6, 2001.1, Passage 3, Paragraph 2) 当驾驶者驶到公路入口时,安装在路边的仪器会用电子方式检测车辆,以确定它的目的地,以及它的自动装备运作是否正常。
rough [rQf] a. 1.粗糙的 2.粗野的,狂暴的 3.概略的,大致的
roughly [5rQflI] ad. 1.粗暴地,粗鲁地 2.粗略地,大约
thorough [5WQrE] a. 1.彻底的,周密的 2.十足的
tough [tQf] a. 1.坚硬的 2.坚强的 3.棘手的
rough的近义词:
approximate [E5prCksimeit] a. 近似的, 大约的 v. 近似,约计 (注:写作得时候,用approximate比用about, or so 更好)
approximately [EprRksI5mEtlI] ad. 近似地,大约
sure [FuE] a. 1.确信的,肯定的 2.一定的,必然的3.可靠的,稳当的
insure [in5FuE] vt. 1.给……保险 2.保证
insurance [in5FuErEns] n. 保险(费) 例: life insurance 人寿保险,
assure [E5FuE] vt. 1.向...保证 2.使确信
reassure [ri:E5FuE] v. 1.使...安心,打消...的疑虑 2.使...恢复信心
assurance [E5FuErEns] n. 1.保证 2.确定,断言
ensure [in5FuE] vt. 保证,确保
ensure的相关近义词及衍生:
pledge [pledV] vt. 1.发誓 2.保证 n. 誓言,保证
warrant [5wCrEnt] vt. 保证 n. 1.保修(期)2.凭证,委任状3.根据
guarantee [7^ArEn5..ti:] vt. 保证,担保 n. 1.保修(期) 2.保证(人或物)
witness [5witnis] vt. 1.为……作证,证明 n. 1.证明,证据 2.目击者,证人
preclude [pri5klu:d] n. 排除 vt. 阻止,使不可能
predecessor [5pri:disesE] n. 前辈, 前任,(被取代的)原有事物
pregnant [5pre^nEnt] a. 怀孕的,重要的,富有意义的,孕育的
precious [5preFEs] a. 宝贵的,贵重的
previous [5pri:vjEs] a. 1.先前的,以前的 2.(to) 在……之前
premise [5premis] n. [逻] 前提, vt. 提论,预述,假定 vi. 作出前提
premium [5primjEm] n. 1.额外费用,奖金,奖赏 2. 保险费
prestige [pres5ti:V] n. 声望,威望,威信 (注意:词干pre 不是总是表示 “前”的意思)
previous的近义词及衍生:
prior [5praiE] a. 优先的,(常与to连用)预先的
priority [prai5Criti] n. 先前,优先(权)
master [5mB:stE] n. 1. (M-) 硕士 2.男主人,雇主3.师傅,名家 vt. 精通,掌握 a. 1.主要的 2.精通的,熟练的
masterpiece [5mB:stEpi:s] n. 杰作,名著
其它学位:
doctor [5dCktE] n. 1.医生 2.博士
PHD abbr. 博士学位 (Doctor of Philosophy)
bachelor [5bAtFElE] n. 1. 未婚男子,单身汉 2. 学士
26 of George Bush’s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. (NETEM 2004 Text 2, Paragraph 3) 乔治·布什的前任有二十六位(包括其父)的姓氏均在字母表的前半部,而姓氏在字母表后半部的却仅有十六位。
injure [5indVE] v. 损害, 伤害
injury [5indVEri] n. 损害, 损伤
jury [5dVuEri] n. 1.陪审团 2. (竞赛或展览的) 全体评审员
bare [bZE] a. 1. 勉强的 2. 赤裸的,光秃秃的 vt. 使赤裸, 露出
bear [bZE] n. 熊 v. 生(孩子), 忍受
unbearable [Qn5bZErEbl] a. 无法忍受的, 承受不住的
beard [biEd] n. 胡须
rear [riE] n. 1.后部,背后 2.屁股 v. 1. 扶养,饲养 2. 竖起,抬起
curse [kE:s] v./n. 诅咒
nurse [nE:s] n. 护士,保姆 vt. 护理,看护
curve [kE:v] v. 弄弯,变曲 n. 曲线
curl [kE:l] v. (使)卷曲 n. 卷发,卷曲物
vigorous [5vi^ErEs] a. 1.精力充沛的 2. 强有力的
rigorous [5ri^ErEs] a. 严格的,严厉的,严酷的
1. Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children. (NETEM 2004, Text 4, Paragraph 5)
拉尔夫·瓦尔多·爱默生和其他一些先验主义哲学家认为学校教育和严格的书本学习限制了孩子们的天性。
2.The Oxford dictionary can therefore stand more vigorous scrutiny (审视) for cultural bias than the Longman publication because the latter does not hesitate about viewing the rest of the world from the cultural perspectives of the English-speaking world. (CET-6, 1996.6, Passage1 Paragraph3)
因此牛津词典可以比朗文词典更好地审视文化偏见,因为后者完全是从英语国家的文化视角来看待其他国家。
dictate [dik5teit] v. 1.命令 2.听写,口述 (联想: dict词干是 “说话” 的意思)
dictator [dik5teitE] n. 独裁者,专制者
indict [in5dait] vt. (法律)控告,告发
indicate [5indikeit] vt. 1.暗示,表明 2.标出
indication [7indi5keiFEn] n. 1.指示 2.迹象,暗示
indicative [in5dikEtiv] a. 暗示的,指示的
dedicate [5dedikeit] vt. 奉献,供奉,致力于
verdict [5vE:dikt] n. 1.意见 2.定论3.裁决
predict [pri5dikt] v. 预言,预示
predictable [prI5dIktEb(E)l] a . 可预知的,可推断的
prophet [5prCfit] n. 先知, 预言者, 提倡者
addict [E5dikt] vt. 使上瘾 n. 入迷的人
例: She was addicted to rock music.她热衷于摇滚乐
1. Towns like Bournemouth and Eastbourne sprang up to house large “comfortable” classes who had retired on their incomes, and who had no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholders’ meeting to dictate their orders to the management. (NETEM 1996, Passage 3, Paragraph 2)
像伯恩茅斯和伊斯特本这样的城市的兴起是为了给大批“舒适”阶层提供居住场所,这些人靠自己的丰厚收入而不工作,除了领取红利,偶尔参加股东会议向管理人员发号施令外,他们与外界没有联系。
2. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers.(NETEM 2001, Passage 3, Paragraph 7)
然后它又出资组织研讨会和可信度调查项目,去探究为什么顾客们恼火了,为什么会有那么多人逃避新闻。
contradict [kCntrE5dikt] vt. 1.反驳 2.同…矛盾(抵触)
contrast [5kCntrAst] vt. 使与...对比, 使与...对照 vi. 和...形成对照 n. 对比, 对照, (对照中的)差异
contradiction [7kCntrE5dikFEn] n. 反驳,矛盾
counterpart [5kauntEpB:t] n. 副本,极相似的人或物,配对物 (注:counter-和 contra-类似, 表示“相反”之义)
fore [fC:] a. 前部的, 以前的 ad. 在前面, 在船头 n. 前部, 船头 prep. 在前
foregoing [fC:5^EuiN] a. 在前的
forehead [5fC:hed] n. 前额, (任何事物的)前部
foremost [5fC:mEust] a. 1.第一流的,最重要的 2.最初的,最前的
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an adjustment to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. (CET-6, 1996.6, Passage 4, Paragraph 2)
个人的生命历程首先且首要的是一个调整的过程, 以符合他周围的社会环境中的沿袭的生活模式和标准。
procedure [prE5si:dVE] n. 程序,手续,步骤
process [prE5ses] vt. 加工,处理 n. 1.过程,进程 2.工序3.工艺,制作法
microprocessor [maIkrEJ5prEJsesE.] n. 微处理器
procession [prE5seFEn] n. 队列,行列
proceed [prE5si:d] vt. 1.进行,继续(做某事) 2.发出
precede [pri(:)5si:d] v. 领先,先于,在……之前
preceding [pri(:)5si:diN] a. 在前的,在先的
proceeding [prE5si:diN] n. 1.行动,进行 2. (pl.) 会议记录,活动记录
precedent [pri5si:dEnt] n. 先例
cession [5seFEn] n. 1.割让,转让 2. [律]让与(他人)债权
concession [kEn5seFEn] n. 让步,迁就
confess [kEn5fes] v. 承认, 坦白, 忏悔
confession [kEn5feFEn] n. 供认, 承认, 招供
concessionaire [kEn7seFE5nZE] n. 受让人,特许权获得者
recession [ri5seFEn] n. 1.撤回, 退回, 退后2.工商业不景气
secession [si5seFEn] n. 脱离,退出,分裂,隐退
例: the War of Secession [美]南北战争 w反分裂法
session [5seFEn] n. 1. (从事某项活动的)一段时间
2. (一届) 会议,会期 例: between sessions休会期间
3. [美]学期 例: the summer session 夏季学期
obsession [Eb5seFEn] n. 迷住, 困扰
cede [si:d] vt. 1.让与,割让,放弃(权利、领土等) 2.过户, 转让
例: The Qing government ceded China’s HongKong to Britain. 清政府把中国的香港割让给英国。
He ceded his stock holdings to his children. 他将股票让给了他的子女。
concede [kEn5si:d] vt. 1.勉强承认 2.退让 vi. 让步
recede [ri5si:d] v. 后退
secede [si5si:d] vi. (from) 退出, 脱离
obsess [Eb5ses] vt. 1. (妄想等) 缠住 2.迷住 [常用被动结构]使窘困, 使烦扰
figurative [5fi^jurEtiv] a. 比喻的, 修饰丰富的, 形容多的
figure [5fi^E] n. 1.数字 2.外形,轮廓3.人物4.图形 v. 1.计算 2. 塑造 3. 考虑,认为
figurative的相关近义词:
metaphor [5metEfE] n. [修辞]隐喻,暗喻,比喻说话
1. American no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift. (NETEM 2005, Text 4, Paragraph 1) 美国人已不再期待公众人物在演讲或写作中能运用技巧和文采来驾驭英语。
2. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which 43 makes the European Convention on Human Rights legally 44 binding in Britain, laid down that everybody was 45 entitled to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. (NETEM 2001, Close Test, Paragraph 5)
大法官说,《人权法案》的提出使《欧洲人权公约》在英国具有了法律约束力,它规定每个人都享有隐私权,公众人物可以上法庭保护自己和家人。
3. They figured why should they labor when there was no payoff. (2006年新大纲排序题D选项) 他们认为没有回报为何要去努力工作。
success [sEk5ses] n. 1.成功,成就 2.成功的人或事
successful [sEk5sesful] a. 成功的
successive [sEk5sesiv] a. 连续的
successor [sEk5sesE] n. 继承人
succession [sEk5seFEn] n. 1.连续,系列 2.继任,继承(权,次序等)
succeed [sEk5si:d] vi. 1.成功 2.继承3.接着发生 vt 接替
successive的相关近义词及衍生:
consecutive [kEn5sekjutiv] a. 连续的, 联贯的 例: four consecutive weeks 连续四周
success 的相关近义词及衍生:
triumph [5traiEmf] n. / vi. 胜利
triumphant [trai5QmfEnt] a. 胜利的,得意洋洋的
win [win] v. 1.赢,获得 2.达到,赶上; n. 胜利
victorious [vik5tC:riEs] a. 胜利的
victory [5viktEri] n. 胜利
Victory won’t come to us unless we go to it!胜利是不会向我走来的,我必须自己走向胜利!
李剑考研英语相似易混单词-对比记忆第2 天
pulse [pQls] n. 脉搏, 脉冲
repulsive [ri5pQlsiv] a. 1. 排斥的, 拒绝的2. 令人反感[厌恶]的(to)
compulsive [kEm5pQlsiv] a. 1. 强迫的, 强制的2. 难以抑制的,吸引的
expulsive [iks5pQlsiv] a. 逐出的, 开除的
impulsive [im5pQlsiv] a. 冲动的
propulsive [prEJ`pQlsIv] a. 推进的, 有推进力的
As a result, the support for ambition as a healthy impulse, a quality to be admired and fixed in the mind of the young, is probably lower than it has ever been in the United States.(NETEM 2000 Passage 5, paragraph 3)
因此,在美国,作为一种健康的冲动,一种应该令人称羡并扎根于青年人心灵的品质的雄心,它所得到的支持也许比以往任何时期都低。
disgust [dis5^Qst] n. 厌恶 v. 令人厌恶, 使作呕
digest [dai5dVest] n. 文摘,摘要 vt. 消化
digestive [dI5dVestIv] a. 消化的;助消化的
digestion [dI5dVestF(E)n] n. 消化;消化功能
digital [5didVitl] a. 数字的
dignity [5di^niti] n. 1. 尊贵,高贵 2. 尊严,庄严
dignify [5di^nifai] v. 使有威严,使高贵
indignant [in5di^nEnt] a. 愤怒的,愤慨的
indignation [7indi^5neiFEn] n. 愤慨
indignity [in5di^niti] n. 侮辱
1. Indeed, if people lived, consumed and produced things in the same way as they did in 1900 (or 1950, or indeed 1980), the world by now would be a pretty disgusting place: smelly, dirty, toxic and dangerous. (CET-6, 2002.1, Passage 2, paragraph 2)
的确,如果人们的生活、消费和生产方式像1990年(或者1950年。甚至像1980年)——那样,现在世界会是一个相当令人厌恶的地方:恶臭、肮脏、有毒和危险。
2. Chemists discovered olestra in the late 1960s, when they were searching for a fat that could be digested by infants more easily. (CET-6, 2000.1, Passage 4, paragraph 3)
在20世纪60年代后期,化学家们就发现了“olestra”,那时他们正在寻找一种能更容易被婴儿消化的油脂。
3. Much of the food value is lost in the animal’s process of digestion and cell replacement. (CET-6,1998.1, Passage 2, paragraph 2)
许多蛋白质在动物的消化和细胞替换的过程中丢失了。
4. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem—too much fat and a lack of fiber—than a weight problem. (CET-6, 2002.6, Passage 2, paragraph 5)
消化系统癌症的相关危险可能更多的是饮食问题——脂肪太多、纤维缺乏——而不是体重问题。
5. Feelings of righteous indignation, it seems, are not the preserve of people alone, Refusing a lesser reward completely makes these feelings abundantly clear to other members of the group. (NETEM 2005 Passage 1, paragraph 5)
看来义愤不是人类所特有的。 拒绝接受较少的酬劳可以让这些情绪准确无误地传达给其它成员。
sequence [5si:kwEns] n. 1. 顺序 2. 连续
consequence [5kCnsikwEns] n. 1. 结果,后果,影响 2. 重要性
consequent [5kCnsikwEnt] a. 作为结果的, 随之发生的
consequently [5kRnsIkwEntlI] ad. 所以,因此
subsequent [5sQbsikwEnt] a. 随后的,后来的
persecute [5pE:sikju:t] vt. 迫害
1. But science does provide us with the best available guide to the future, and it is critical that out nation and the world base important policies on the best judgments that science can provide concerning the future consequences of present actions.” (NETEM 2005 Passage 2, paragraph 2)
但是科学确实为我们的未来提供了最好的指导,关键是我们的国家和整个的世界在做重要决策时,应该以科学能够提供的关于人类现在的行为对未来影响最好的判断作为依据。
2. Consequently, our feelings, thoughts a
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