【正文】 al delayed the start of the 。postpone ，暫緩，常指將某事放置一邊，等到另一事發(fā)生或一定時間后再做。Our meeting for today was postponed until next 。, illustrate這兩個詞都有說明的意思。demonstrate 、示范、表演、展示等以達到說明或解釋的目的。This salesman demonstrated how to cook with a pressure 。illustrate 、列圖表或比較等方式來說明道理。The teacher illustrated the history lesson by telling a story about George ?華盛頓的故事來講述他的歷史課。, vanish, fade這一組詞都有消失的意思。disappear ，不見；滅絕，不復(fù)存在。是個一般用語。The little dog was just there, then he ，然后就不見了。vanish ，不見，指突然間化為烏有，強調(diào)非常徹底地、神秘莫測地消失、失蹤。The man ransintosthe shop and vanished from ，然后就消失了。fade ，聲音的逐漸消失。The wallpaper has faded from red to pale 。, decrease, diminish, reduce這一組動詞都有減少的意思。decline v. (數(shù)量、數(shù)字、價格、比率)下降，下落。Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply 。decrease ，減小，強調(diào)逐漸地下降或減少的過程。diminish v. (力量、勢力)減弱，減少，強調(diào)由于某種原因而減少，這種減少可以造成能夠為人們所察覺的后果或損失。The need to take action has 。reduce ，指通過人為的方法在數(shù)量、規(guī)模、范圍等方面減少，也可以指在地位、重要性方面降低等級。He reduced his weight by 20 pounds by eating less and ，體重減輕了20磅。, distract, divert這三個詞都有轉(zhuǎn)移的意思。deviate ，偏離。多指脫離正軌或正題等。He deviated from society by being a drug ，從而違背了社會道德準則。distract ，分散(注意力、心理等)。常帶有不能專心的意思。Noise distracts him, so he can39。t study for ，所以他無法進行考試的復(fù)習(xí)。divert ，使轉(zhuǎn)向，著重改變后的結(jié)果，后常接介詞from。A loud noise diverted everyone39。s attention from their 。, immerse, submerge這幾個詞都有浸，浸入的意思。dip ，浸染，蘸。多指短時地將某物部分地浸到液體中，有小心翼翼的意思。The artist dipped his brush in the 。immerse ，使沉浸于。指全部浸泡在液體中達一段時間，也可指一種氛圍。Students immerse themselves in their 。submerge ，淹沒。多指全部浸沒在水下達一定深度。The girl was submerged in the shallow end of the 。, separate這兩個動詞都有分開的意思。divide ，劃分，指把整體分成若干部分，也表示疏遠的意思，常用結(jié)構(gòu)為divide…from。The huge corporation dividedsintossmaller 。separate ，意思是分隔，指把原來連接在一起或靠近的東西分隔開來，常用結(jié)構(gòu)為separate…from；作不及物動詞時，表示分散，分別。, obligation, responsibilityduty ，強調(diào)自覺性，作可數(shù)名詞時指本職工作的任務(wù)。His duty is to see that the business runs 。obligation 責(zé)任，義務(wù)，強調(diào)其約束力。Parents have a legal obligation to ensure that their children are provided with efficient education suitable to their 。responsibility ，強調(diào)對后果要負責(zé)任的意思。His father is ill, and he has the responsibility of caring for ，他有責(zé)任照顧他。, inject, project這是一組形近易混詞。eject ，噴出，彈射出。The pilot ejected from the falling 。inject 。The nurse injected some medicinesintosthe patient with a 。project ，突出；預(yù)計，預(yù)報；投射，放映。The balcony projects out beyond the wall of the 。The government projects that the defence budget will increase by 20% .政府預(yù)計國防預(yù)算將增長百分之二十。, illegibleeligible ，具備資格的。He graduated from high school with good grades, so he is eligible to enroll in the state ，所以他有資格就讀于州立大學(xué)。illegible ，難以辨認的。The writing is illegible。 I cannot read what it ，我看不清上面寫的是什么。, imminent這是一組形近易混詞。eminent ，卓越的，接觸的。He is eminent in the field of 。imminent ，迫在眉睫的，臨近的。The wedding date is imminent, so we must send ，所以我們必須發(fā)放請柬了。, feeling, passion, sensation, sentiment這一組名詞都有感情的意思。emotion ，感情，指喜怒哀樂等較激動的情緒，表示某物引起的激動。He felt mixed emotions when he thought of 。feeling 、感覺，它一般不反映感情的本質(zhì)和強度。passion ，熱情，欲望，極度的仇恨，指強烈的愛好、憤怒或情欲。He spoke with passion about the love of 。sensation ，知覺。When she watched the film, she had the sensation that she was in a moving ，感覺自己正坐在一輛開動的汽車上。sentiment ，情緒，感情色彩，指由于某種思想喚起的感情，強調(diào)主觀作用，有時候也帶有理智成分。When our grandmother died, we remembered her life with strong ，我們深深地懷念她的一生。, excite, inspire, motivate, stimulate這一組動詞都有鼓勵、刺激的意思。encourage ，促進，含有使增強勇氣或給予希望的意味。He encouraged his son to go to good 。excite 、興奮；煽動，鼓動。The band played louder and excited the ，使觀眾興奮起來。inspire ，激發(fā)，影響，常常帶有啟迪，啟發(fā)的意思。My mother inspires us with stories of her difficult 。motivate ，促動，強調(diào)激起動機去做某事。A desire to go to medical school motivates her to study hard ，這成了她每天努力學(xué)習(xí)的動力。stimulate ，激發(fā)，促進，強調(diào)刺激反應(yīng)的結(jié)果。Cold air stimulates 。, equivalent, identical這一組形容詞都有相同的，相等的的意思。equal a. (數(shù)字、數(shù)量、權(quán)力、價值)相等的；(指人)勝任的。Those two tables are of equal 。It is a big responsibility to take on, so I hope he 39。s equal to the ，我希望他能夠勝任這項任務(wù)。equivalent ，相同的，與equal基本可以互換使用。The two puters are equivalent in 。identical ，完全相同的。The boys are identical 。, facility, instrumentequipment 、研究所需要的設(shè)備、裝置，如各種機器和器材，是不可數(shù)名詞。a factory with modern equipment具有現(xiàn)代化設(shè)備的工廠facility 、設(shè)備，尤指公用的、為大眾帶來便利的設(shè)備。The facility at that club includes tennis courts and a swimming 。instrument ，儀器，為某個用途而使用的工具。As a flexible actor, he can perform, sing, dance and play several kinds of musical ，他既可以表演，又會唱歌跳舞，還能夠演奏不同種類的樂器。75. essential, indispensable, necessaryessential 主要的，核心的，本質(zhì)的，必不可少的。The essential point is we must do what the contract 。indispensable ，否則就無法維持生命或做不成某一件事。Warm clothing is indispensable in cold ，厚衣服是必不可少的。necessary ，強調(diào)從主觀上看是必須的，不可避免的。, surpass, transcend這一組動詞都有超過的意思。exceed ，大于，超過，多指數(shù)量或允許的限度。Sales of the new product exceeded our 。surpass (某物)。The runner surpassed his old record by 10 。transcend ，一般指超越經(jīng)驗、常識、普通能力等，強調(diào)難以為大眾理解。The nature of God transcends of human 。, feeble, fragile, weakfaint ，眩暈的，指人在特定場合感覺到的虛弱，通常不是天生體質(zhì)上的虛弱而是由于某種原因造成的暫時的情況。The summer sun was so strong that she felt ，她感覺到眩暈。feeble ，無力的，常用來形容人的聲音或行為。The elderly lady has bee feeble and unable to care ，無法照顧她自己。fragile ，易碎的，指物體容易打碎，或人體質(zhì)虛弱、容易受傷害。That dish is fragile, so be ，所以千萬小心。weak ，既可以指身體虛弱的，無力的，也可引申為在力量、權(quán)力、技能、影響等方面有欠缺或軟弱。The patient is losing blood and being ，身體開始虛弱下去。, practicable, practical, pragmaticfeasible ，行得通的，用來表示實施后可以成功的。Your work plan is feasible, so we can build the bridge ，所以我們可以馬上修建那座橋。practicable ，可行的，只表示一種可能性，但是實施后的效果不一定理想。Their marriage was so bad that divorce seemed the only practicable 。practical ，實用的，實際的，指未經(jīng)過實踐檢驗的事物，如計劃、項目等。She felt that most of what she learned in the course was of no practical 。pragmatic ，實用的，務(wù)實的，強調(diào)用常識解決實際問題，不追求不切實際的目標。He would like to be a doctor, but he has a pragmatic attitude and realizes that he cannot afford medical ，但是他很實際，知道自己上不起醫(yī)學(xué)院。79. gaze, gape, glance, glare, glimpse, peer, peep, stare這一組動詞都含有看的意思。gaze ，注視，指由于好奇、感嘆、長時