【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ivors of the crash praised God for saving 。area, district, region, vicinity, zone這一組名詞都有區(qū)域的意思。area ；面積；專業(yè)領(lǐng)域。The New York area has high 。district 。如Xicheng district北京西城區(qū)region ，如自治區(qū)；身體部位。The northeast region of the USA includes New York and the six New England 。vicinity ，附近地區(qū)。The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the 。zone 、地帶。The city passed a law to create a business zone on some empty ，在一些空地上開辟商業(yè)區(qū)。assembly, conference, congress, rally, seminar, session, summit, symposium這一組名詞都表示會議的意思。assembly ，集會。The assembly of students takes place in the 。conference n. (專門性的)會議，討論會。The conference on international economic problems met in 。congress ，(美國的)國會。Congress passes laws that must be obeyed by the ，人民一定要遵守。rally n. (鼓舞士氣的)集會；群眾性集會。The football coach called a rally to build up the team39。s excitement for the next ，以便鼓舞士氣打好下次比賽。seminar n. (大學(xué)的)研究班，研討會。During summer vacations some teachers attend seminars at ，一些教師在學(xué)院里參加研究班。session n. (一屆)會議，回合。the autumn session of Parliament議會的秋季會議summit ，峰會(通常為領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人參加)。Next year, the summit will be held in 。symposium n. (學(xué)術(shù)、科研方面的)座談會，專題報告會。The symposium on SARS research lasted two 。assessment, estimate, evaluation這一組名詞都有評估的意思。assessment ，估價，常常表示對于財產(chǎn)、價值的評估。We have a low assessment on our 。estimate ，強(qiáng)調(diào)進(jìn)行評估得出的結(jié)果，常與動詞give搭配。The mechanic gave me a rough estimate of two or three hundred dollars for the repairs to my 。evaluation n. (對于能力，價值、工作業(yè)績的)評價，估價，常帶有肯定的、正確的含義。He gave a positive evaluation of our scientific 。associate, ally, bine, unite這一組詞都有聯(lián)合的意思。associate ，結(jié)交；聯(lián)系，聯(lián)想。多指平等友好的合作，后接with，表示與某人交往或合作，后接in表示在某個方面合作。We associate with our neighbors at ，我們同鄰居交往。ally ，使聯(lián)姻，多與with搭配。Several political parties allied with each other against higher 。bine ，化合，混合，多指為了某個目的將不同的人或物混合而成一個整體。The girl bined sugar, butter, and flour to made the 、黃油和面粉混合到一起做成面團(tuán)。unite ，合并，團(tuán)結(jié)，尤指不同的事物或人組成統(tǒng)一體，強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)果的一致性。The nation united against its 。average, mon, general, universal, usual這一組形容詞都有普通的意思。average ，一般的，它強(qiáng)調(diào)的是一般水準(zhǔn)或普通水準(zhǔn)；通常在有數(shù)字出現(xiàn)的情況下，表示平均的。The average runner can run 2 miles in fifteen 。mon ，普通的，不足為奇的，有時引申為平凡的，強(qiáng)調(diào)事物的共同性。另外，它還有公共的，共同的之意。Car accidents are a mon 。general ，一般的，表示涉及到各方面，強(qiáng)調(diào)整體性而非個別和例外，該詞的反義詞為particular。In general, the economy is doing well ，現(xiàn)在的經(jīng)濟(jì)形式還不錯。universal ，比general語氣更強(qiáng)，有全然沒有例外的意思。Poverty is a universal problem all over the 。usual ，慣常的，強(qiáng)調(diào)習(xí)慣性的，符合規(guī)章制度的，是個一般用語。award, rewardaward ，授予，給予；也可以指法庭裁決給予。后面可跟雙賓語。The school principal awarded a prize in history to the best 。reward ，獎賞，回報，通常指因做了某一件事或提供了某種服務(wù)而應(yīng)得到報酬或酬謝，其后一般以人或人的行為作賓語。后跟with用來說明以何物作為報酬。I will reward to the person who returns my lost ，酬謝幫我找回丟失的狗的人。aware, consciousaware ，意識到的，強(qiáng)調(diào)感官對外界事物的意識。He was aware of his 。conscious ，意識到的，一般指內(nèi)心所意識到的。The salesman is conscious of the fact that he must increase 。base, foundation, ground這一組名詞都有基礎(chǔ)的意思。base ，也可指物體的底部、基部；基地，總部。They use their apartment in New York as a home base from which they travel 。foundation ，含有堅實的基礎(chǔ)的意思；基金會。The foundation for our house is made of 。ground ，土地，也指地域，水底，海底。basic, elementary, fundamentalbasic ，基礎(chǔ)的，既可用于具體事物，也可用于抽象事物。He has a basic understanding of the 。elementary ，初級的。elementary school小學(xué)fundamental ，一般只用于抽象的事物；必要的，必須的。Honesty is a fundamental principle in dealing with 。beam, chuckle, giggle, grin, jeer, laugh, roar, sneer這一組都有笑的意思，而它們之間的差別也是明顯的。beam ，放光，引申為微笑，是正式用語，指面帶喜悅或笑容，暗示對他人的友好或內(nèi)心的滿足。She beamed with 。chuckle v. (書面語)吃吃的笑，抿嘴笑，輕聲笑，多指因得意或領(lǐng)會到某事中的趣味而暗自發(fā)笑。She does not laugh out loud。 she only ，只是抿嘴而笑。giggle ，癡笑，傻笑，多指女人和孩子由于緊張、被逗樂、尷尬時所發(fā)出的笑聲。The schoolgirls giggled when the famous football player walkedsintostheir ，女生們都咯咯地笑起來。grin ，指人因高興、滿足、輕蔑等咧開嘴露齒地笑。He grinned at his 。jeer ，嘲笑，其同義詞是mock。The crowd jeered when the boxer was knocked ，人群開始嘲笑他。laugh ，大笑，用于一般的笑或出聲的大笑。roar ，咆哮，引申為放聲大笑，哄堂大笑。He roared when he heard the ，他哈哈大笑。sneer ，嘲笑，指以語言、表情、和聲調(diào)表示輕蔑或嘲弄。He sneered at the offer and said it was two ，說它太低了。bewilder, puzzle, confuse, embarrass, perplex這一組詞都有迷惑的意思。bewilder ，使茫然，強(qiáng)調(diào)非常困惑，通常表現(xiàn)為心理和智力的紊亂，語氣最重。He was fired without warning and is pletely bewildered about the ，完全不明白是什么原因。When the farmers visited the city for the first time, they were bewildered by its plicated traffic ，他們對城市復(fù)雜的交通系統(tǒng)感到迷惑不解。puzzle ，感到不解，強(qiáng)調(diào)不理解或解決不了。Where the sunken treasure is puzzles 。confuse ，使混亂，使糊涂，強(qiáng)調(diào)因混淆而使人產(chǎn)生迷亂。He sent the wrong reports because he confused them with other ，因為他把它們同另外一些報告混淆在一起了。embarrass ，使為難，使困惑，有令人不快、難為情和內(nèi)心混亂的意味。Her boyfriend embarrassed her by teasing her about her new hairstyle in front of ，使她感到難堪。perplex ，使疑慮，使不安。The new tax laws perplex 。blame, condemn, reproach, scold這一組動詞都有責(zé)怪的意思。blame ，把……歸咎于。You can39。t blame anyone in case you fail the ，你不能怪罪任何人。condemn ，用于比較正式的、嚴(yán)肅的場合。The wife condemned her husband for drinking too 。reproach v. (書面語)責(zé)備，表示不滿。His teacher reproached him for not doing his 。scold ，訓(xùn)斥。blunder, error, mistake這一組詞都表示錯誤。blunder n. (因為無知、疏忽犯下的)大錯，愚蠢的錯誤。I think that I mitted a blunder in asking her because she seemed very upset by my ，我感覺到犯了一個大錯。error 、計算或行為上的錯誤，也可指智力或道義上的錯誤。The accident was the result of human 。mistake ，誤解；(粗心、遺忘所導(dǎo)致的)錯誤。I took your bag instead of mine by 。brittle, fragile, frail, crisp, invalid這一組形容詞都有弱的意思。brittle ，易損壞的，通常是指堅硬的東西。The bones of elderly people bee brittle and easily ，很容易骨折。fragile ，也引申為體弱的，虛弱的。He 39。s feeling a bit fragile after last night39。s ，現(xiàn)在感覺有些虛弱。frail a. (指人)體弱的，虛弱的，也可以指東西易碎的。His mother has grown old and 。crisp ；清新的，爽快的；活躍的，有生氣的，干凈利落的。crisp biscuit松脆的餅干The student gave a clear, crisp answer to the teacher39。s 。invalid ，缺乏證據(jù)的；無效的，作廢的。作名詞時，表示病弱者，傷殘者，久病者。Your ideas about the first humans are interesting but ，但是缺乏證據(jù)。A bad car accident made him an 。boundary, border, frontier, rim, verge這幾個名詞都有邊界的意思。boundary ；界線。多指作為界線的標(biāo)識物等。The fence marks the boundary between my land and 。border ，邊界，多指兩國或兩地之間的分界處