以下单词出现“同”表示“同义词”、“搭”表示“搭配”、“辨”表示“辨析”、“例”表示“例句”。
Abandon v.放弃;抛弃,离弃同cease, depart, quit, withdraw【搭】abandon oneself to 沉溺于;听任……摆布【辨】abandon和give up。
abandon指因为外界的原因(如影响或压力等)而完全放弃:Mary had to abandon her trip because of her mother’s illness. 由于母亲生病,玛丽不得不放弃旅行。
give up指放弃或中止某种习惯、计划、努力等,其后可接宾语也可不接宾语:—You ought to give up smoking. —I gave it up last year.——你应该戒烟。
——我去年就戒掉了。
[例]The driver abandoned his car in the snow. 司机把汽车抛弃在雪地里。
The next?best solution is to abandon the project altogether.仅次于最佳的解决方法是放弃全部计划。
Abide v.坚持;遵守;容忍同bear, endure, tolerate【搭】abide by遵守,履行[例]He could not abide any rude behaviour. 他不能容忍任何无礼的行为。
He cannot abide to stay in one position for long. 他无法忍受长久待在同一职位上。
abolish v.废除,取消同abandon, cancel, destroy[例]There are many bad customs and laws that ought to be abolished.有许多不良的习俗和法规应予以废除。
Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in the United States. 亚伯拉罕·林肯在美国废除了奴隶制。
absence n.没有, 缺乏;缺席同lack, scarcity, shortage【搭】in the absence of没有, 缺乏[例]What was the real reason for your absence? 你缺席的真正原因是什么?We must invent an excuse for our absence.我们必须为缺席编造一个借口。
absolute a.绝对的;完全的;专制的;确实的,确定的同complete, entire, perfect, total[例]I have absolute trust in the skill of doctors. 我绝对相信医生的医术。
The police has found absolute proof of his guilt.警方已经发现他犯罪的确凿证据。
absorb v.吸收;吸引……的注意, 使全神贯注同involve, occupy【搭】be absorbed in专心于[例]Plants absorb minerals and other nutrients from the soil.植物从泥土中吸收矿物质和其他养料。
The clever boy absorbed all the knowledge his teacher could give him.那个聪明的男孩把他老师所能教他的所有知识都吸收了。
abstract a.抽象的;深奥的 n.摘要;抽象 v.摘要;提取,抽取同 a. theoretical n.extract,outline,summary[例]We may talk of beautiful things, but beauty itself is abstract.我们尽可谈论美的事物,然而美本身却是抽象的。
Mary abstracted a story for the book review.玛丽为这篇书评写故事梗概。
absurd a.愚蠢的;荒唐的同childish,comic,ridiculous[例]What an absurd proposal 多荒谬的提议啊!It was absurd of you to suggest such a thing. 你居然建议这样的事,太可笑了。
abuse v.滥用;谩骂 n.滥用;谩骂,毁谤同 v. misuse, curse, insult n.misuse, insult,mistreatment[例]It’s easy to abuse one’s power.人容易滥用权力。
The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse.政府已成立工作组调查滥用毒品问题。
accelerate v.加速;促进同advance,quicken,rush[例]The leader is losing ground as the rest of the runners accelerate.领先者在其余赛跑者加速时就逐渐失去了优势。
The government have made some policies that will accelerate the development of manufacturing industry. 政府已经制定了一些加快制造业发展的政策。
access n.接近,进入;入口,通路;进入的方法同approach,course,entry,passport[例]As her private secretary he has access to all her correspondence.作为她的私人秘书,他能接触到她所有的信件。
Every senior citizen has free access to the city park. 每位老年人都可免费进入市立公园。
accommodate v.留宿,收容;供应,供给;容纳同hold,provide,supply[例]The bank is accommodating its customers more than it used to.这家银行现在给客户贷款比以前多了。
The cottage could accommodate up to four people. 这间小屋最多能容纳4个人。
accommodation n.居住设施同housing,rooms,settlement[例]This hotel has accommodation for 500 guests. 这家旅馆能接待500位客人。
We offer help in ordering accommodations.我们提供代客人预订旅馆住宿的服务。
accomplish v.完成,实现【辨】accomplish,complete,finish和fulfil。
这几个词都有“完成”的意思。
accomplish有“成功地完成某事”的意思,后常接的宾语有aim,task等: I have accomplished a great deal in the last few months. 在过去的几个月里,我完成了相当多的工作。
complete所完成的事较accomplish的具体,有“补足缺少的部分使之完整或圆满”的含义,尤指建筑工程的竣工、文艺作品的完成等: When will the railway be completed? 铁路何时建成? finish强调“结束”,通常指日常事务的完成:Do you finish your homework? 你做完功课了吗?fulfil多指完成制定的目标、任务、理想等,有“实现”的含义:In spite of all the difficulties, we fulfilled our task ahead of schedule. 尽管有许多困难,我们还是提前完成了任务。
[例]We should not try to accomplish two tasks at once. 我们不能指望同时完成两件工作。
The delegation tried to arrange a peace,but accomplished nothing.代表团试图调停以实现和平,但是却未能成功。
accumulate v.积累,积蓄;堆积同collect,increase,save,store【辨】accumulate,gather和collect。
accumulate表示“积累,聚集”,指经过一段时间连续不断收集而使之愈来愈多,但并非有强烈的意图:I’ve accumulated quite a lot of rare books over the years. 我多年来积累了相当多的珍贵书籍。
gather与collect 均表示“收集”,有时可互换,如:gather/collect leaves收集叶子。
但collect常指有目的、有计划或按一定的要求进行收集,而gather没有这层含义,如:collect books表示按内容或顺序收集书籍,而gather books则只表示把散着的书收好。
[例]As the evidence began to accumulate, the experts felt obliged to investigate.当证据日趋增多时,专家们感到必须进行调查。
Dust and dirt soon accumulate if a house is not cleaned regularly.房屋不经常打扫,尘土很快就越积越多。
accuse v.控告,谴责同blame,charge【搭】accuse sb. of doing sth.指控某人做了某事【辨】accuse和charge。
accuse 所表达的“指控,控告”比较直接和尖锐,但指控对方的事不一定很严重,有时可与charge通用,但accuse通常的搭配为accuse sb. of sth.:She accused him of theft. 她控告他行窃。
charge 表示“指控,控告”,一般用于较严重的错误或罪行,常用结构为charge sb. with sth:He was charged with murder. 他被指控犯有谋杀罪。
[例]He accused the man of having committed a crime. 他指控那个人有罪。