重点词汇辨析与练习
1 • vital; fatal; crucial; vitality
vital:重要的,生命的;
fatal:致命的;
crucial:决定性的; vitality:活力,生命力。
The boy cycling in the street was knocked down by a minibus and
received ________________________________________________________________________________________
(fatal / excessive / disastrous / vital) injures.
2.
dismiss; fire; lay off; discharge dismiss:指强迫他人离开,即解雇,
开除, 也指允许许多人离开、解散;
fire:(俗语)解雇通常用在有雇佣关系的场 合;
lay off:解雇,下岗;
discharge:遣走(某人),让(某人)离去; 也指正式“释放\"。
The store had to ____________________________________________________ (lay off / lay out /
lay aside / lay down) a number of clerks because sales were down.
3.
scorn; scold; scent; score
scorn:轻蔑;
scold:责骂(指态度粗暴,高声地骂他人);
scent:特有的气味,好闻的香味;
score:得分,记下。
The woman is always _____________________________________________________________________ (
scorning / scoring) the children playing around her house.
4.
involve; include
involve:包括;包含,指必然包括某种结果; be involved in sth / with sb:与某事(某人) 有关连;
include:包括、包含,指包括属于整体的部 分。
He was considered to be _________________________________________________________________
included) in criminal activities.
5 • appoint; encounter; meet
appoint:任命,扌旨定(时间,日期)He was appointed to the manager of the marketing department.
encounter: vt.相会,遭遇(困难,危险等) 或偶尔遇见(友人等);n. have a encounter with sb.二 encounter sb.
meet (with):指无意或有意地相见或遇到, 满足。
They ____________________________________ (met / encountered) with
misfortune that day.
6.
intervene; interfere
intervene (in / between):干涉 调停;(事 件)介入,在期间发生;
interfere (with)干扰,干涉,让人感到讨厌。 They were about to fight when their father _
(interfered / intervened).
7.
initial; original initial;起始的; original;最初的,最早的。
This is the ________________________________________________ (initial / original / real
/ genuine) piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.
8.
discern; decent; descend discern:识别,辨认;
decent: a.有分寸的,合适的; descend(descent n.):(位置的)降落,下 降;
decline:(比率)下降;变小,变弱。
We managed to reach the top of the mountain, and half an hour later
we began to ___________________________________________________________________________________
(ascend / descend / decline / discern).
9.
distinguished
dominant; dominate; prominent; predominant;
dominant:有统治权的,最有势力的,占优 势的;
dominate: v.支配(CET6. 2000. 1. 44); prominent: 显著的; 杰出的
(CET6. 98. 1. 57 96. 6. 66); predominant:优势的,卓越的,流行的; distinguished:卓越的,杰出的,指以卓越的 成绩和优异的素质超越同类之上。
Mr. Bloom is not _________________________________________________________________ (significa
dominant / magnificent / prominent) now, but he will be famous some day.
The book is expected to __________________________________________________________________
/ promote / prevail / dominate) the best-seller lists.
10 • enhance; ascend; strengthen; promote enhance:提高,增加(价值,力量等); ascend:上升,升高;
strengthen:加强,强化;
promote:促进,增进友谊、产品销售等。
The reputation of the poet^s most recent works will certainly
____________________________________________________________________________ ( strengthen /
enhance / ascend / magnify) his national reputation.
11 • principal; major; principle; primary principal: a.主要的,n.主要人物,中学校 长;
major: a.比较重要的,vi主修; principle:原则,原理; primary:主要的第一的。
The _____________________________ (principal / principle) food of
the Chinese is rice. Christina majored in foreign trade in London University.
12• ultimate; final; eventual
ultimate:终极的,根本的,主要的; final:表示最后的,着重完结和最终结局; eventual:最终的,结果的。
The sun is the _______________________________________________ (ultimate / eventual /
final) store of power.
13 • incident; accident; invent; case
incident:偶尔的(小)事件,也指引起国际 争端或战争的事件;
accident:(意外)事故; event:特别重要的事件; case:案例。
The lawyer advised him to drop the ______________________________________________________
(event / incident / case / affair) since he stands little chance to win.
14.
揭露。
explore; exploit; probe; expose explore:探究(进一步了解发
现,学习); exploit:利用或开发(资源);
probe (into):探查,细察(某人的思想,某 事的原因); expose:使暴露
We have to ______________________________________________ (explore / exploit) that
idea.
15.
likely; alike; unlike
likely:有可能的;
alike:表语形容词,相似的;
unlike:不像。
(Unlike / likely / alike / dislike) his sister, Jack is quiet and does not easily make friends with others.
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