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专四词汇辨析

选词填空:将forsake, abandoned, desert, give up, quit放到合适的位置,完成句子。

At fourteen he run away, ______ his home and friend.He ______ his wife and went away with all their money.The fort had been hurriedly ______.You must ______ smoking, or you won't survive.One friend of mine has decided to ______ his highly-paid but demanding position in his company recently.abandon 指完全、永远地放弃,尤其指对其负有责任或义务者,或者放弃一个项目或计划。

desert 强调故意违背自己的义务、责任或誓言等。

forsake 指遗弃以前所爱的人或事物,着重于断绝情感上的依恋。

quit 强调突然或出其不意的放弃,一般指“停止”。

give up 多用于口头,表示停止做某事。

After the age of about thirty they abandon individual ambition.他们一过三十就放弃了个人的雄心壮志。

It is despicable to desert your children.你抛弃你的孩子是卑劣的。

She persuaded her husband to forsake his drinking habit.她说服丈夫改掉嗜酒的习惯。

He concluded to quit on pay day.他决定在发薪水这天辞职。

Don't give up hope; keep on trying.不要灰心,继续努力。

答案:forsake, abandoned, desert, give up, quit选词填空:将respectable, respectful, respective放到合适的位置,完成句子。

He wishes to straighten up and lead a ______ life.He is ______ to his elders.After the party we all go off to our ______ room.Respectable 值得尊敬的,体面的He wishes to straighten up and lead a respectable life.他希望改邪归正,过体面的生活。

Respectful 恭敬的,有礼貌的He is respectful to his elders.他对长辈很尊敬。

Respective 各自的,分别的After the party we all go off to our respective room.聚会之后我们回到各自的房间。

答案:respectable, respectful, respective选词填空:将sense, sensitive, sensible, sensational放到合适的位置,完成句子。

The rhino's most acute ______ is smell.Do not be ______!That seems to be a ______ idea.Newspaper reports the incident ______, makes it appear worse than it really be.Sense 感觉,感官The rhino's most acute sense is smell.犀牛最敏锐的感觉器官是嗅觉。

Sensitive:敏感的Do not be sensitive!别神经过敏!Sensible 明智的,理性的That seems to be a sensible idea.那似乎是个明智的主意。

Sensational轰动性的,耸人听闻的Newspaper reports the incident sensational, makes it appear worse than it really be.报纸大肆渲染这件事,描述得更不像话。

答案:sense, sensitive, sensible, sensational选词填空:将admit, allow, permit, approve放到合适的位置,完成句子。

Latecomers will not be ______ until the interval.Passengers are not ______ to smoke.The prisoners were ______ two hours' exercise a day.I ______ of your trying to earn some money, but please don't neglect your studies.admit 的意思是“同意进入,允许进入”(经常与to连用)。

Latecomers will not be admitted until the interval.迟到者在休息时间方可入场allow 泛指“一般性同意,允许”。

Passengers are not allowed to smoke.乘客不得吸烟。

permit 常用来表示“上下级之间的允许,批准”。

The prisoners were permitted two hours' exercise a day.允许犯人每天有两小时户外活动。

approve 的主要意思是“批准(条文,协议等),赞同”(常与of连用)。

I approve of your trying to earn some money, but please don't neglect your studies.我同意你去挣一些钱,可是请不要误了功课。

答案:admitted, allowed, permitted, approve选词填空:将annoy, furious, indignant, irritate, provoke放到合适的位置,完成句子。

His ceaseless chatter began to ______ me.A wild and ______ war broke out.I was ______ because I felt that I had been punished unfairly.Why let her ______ you?Don't throw one bone to two dogs;yoll'll only ______ a fight.annoy, furious, indignant, irritate, provoke这组词皆有“恼怒”之意。

annoy 指由于被迫忍受某种不愉快甚至讨厌的事情而失去耐心或沉着(be annoyed at/by sth. be annoyed with sb. 对某人/某事很生气)furious 狂怒的(be furious with sb. be furious at/about sth对某人/某事大发雷霆)indignant 强调的是愤怒,愤慨,愤愤不平irritate 指一再打扰某人,终于使其失去耐心而发怒.provoke 激怒(人,动物),使生气(provoke sb. to do /into doing...刺激某人做某事)His ceaseless chatter began to annoy me.他不停的唠叨使我厌烦起来。

A wild and furious war broke out.一场狂暴猛烈的战争爆发了。

I was indignant because I felt that I had been punished unfairly.我非常愤慨,因为我觉得对我的惩罚是不公平的。

Why let her irritate you?干嘛为她招自己生气呢?Don't throw one bone to two dogs;yoll'll only provoke a fight.不要把这块骨头扔给那两只狗,那样你会引起一场争斗。

答案:annoy, furious, indignant, irritate, provoke选词填空:将edge, border, rim, verge?放到合适的位置,完成句子。

This is the north ______ of the field.The plane flew across the ______.He wears a pair of spectacles with gold ______.She was on the ______ of speaking out the secret.edge, border, rim, verge这组词皆有“边,边缘”之意。

edge通常指某物一边的边线、两个平面的交界线以及各种界线,其引申含义表示两个处于不同性质或状态之间的明显界线,特指处在不利状态下的边缘。

?border意为“边界,边境,国境”,也可以指装饰周边的“边”。

?rim意思是“边,边缘”,尤指圆形或近似圆形的物体的边缘。

?verge特指道路、花坛等长着草的“边缘”。

This is the north edge of the field.这是这块地的北边线。

?The plane flew across the border.飞机飞越了边境。

?He wears a pair of spectacles with gold rims.他戴一副金丝边眼镜。

?She was on the verge of speaking out the secret.她差点儿把秘密说出来。

答案:edge, border, rims, verge?选词填空:将range, reach, scope, compass, scale放到合适的位置,完成句子。

The bird now came within my ______ of vision.Keep the pills out of the ______ of the children!Is Romanticism in the ______ of your book?Construction is not within the ______ of the department.This thermometer has two ______ marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and the other in Centigrade.range, reach, scope, compass, scale这是一组表示“范围”的名词,其侧重点各有不同。

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