[英语四六级]重点词汇辨析与练习.doc

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.