【正文】 ttempted to escape, but he ，但是沒有得逞。（79）merge v./bine v./join v./unite ；或使原來的事物在新事物中消失或被吞沒；bine指把原來的事物結(jié)合起來成為新的統(tǒng)一體；join指把一些東西結(jié)合在一起，或連接在一起；unite與bine相近，尤指把各種力量團(tuán)結(jié)成一個整體，側(cè)重于結(jié)合起來的人或物的協(xié)調(diào)性或一致性。例：Lately two big software panies has merged, which has aroused wide media ，引起了媒體的廣泛關(guān)注。The two principal political parties have bined to form a 。The children joined 。We must unite together in order to realize our mon 。（80）memorize v./remember v./remind v./reflect ；remember指在頭腦中保存著某一事物或印象，加以思索，即可想出；remind指使人回想起某人某事，或提醒某人讓他記住某事；reflect指仔細(xì)思索記憶中的往事，意為“反省”、“細(xì)想”。例：The puter can memorize and deal with millions of 。Do you remember to lock the door? 記著鎖門了嗎？These photos remind me of my college 。You should often reflect the mistakes you have 。（81）migrant n./emigrant n./immigrant ，由于前綴不同，含義不同：migrant移民，immigrant移入者，即入境移民。emigrant是ex的變體（=out）：移出者，即出境移民，指自本國移居他國者。（82）only a./sole a./ single a./ unique ，指“惟一的”，含“不會再多”之意；sole語氣比 only 強(qiáng)，也較莊嚴(yán)，指“單獨(dú)的”，即“一類中只有這一個”；single強(qiáng)調(diào)“單個的，單一的”；unique指“獨(dú)一無二的”、“無可匹敵的”。例：This is the only solution to our current 。The court has the sole right to 。a single room單人間；a single bed單人床 That building is unique because all the others like it were ，因?yàn)樗邢袼菢拥钠渌ㄖ細(xì)牧恕＃?3）original a./creative ，這兩個詞都有“創(chuàng)造”的含義。original強(qiáng)調(diào)“原創(chuàng)的”，比creative的含義窄一些，突出發(fā)源地的概念，原創(chuàng)的概念；creative強(qiáng)調(diào)“創(chuàng)造，有創(chuàng)造性”，突出從無到有的創(chuàng)造過程。例：The masses have boundless creative 。James was one of the most creative 。He found it hard to form an original 。She won an award for the most original 。（84）particular a./special “特殊的，特別的，某一特定的”，強(qiáng)調(diào)相對general而言的特定性，有時可與specific互換使用；special意為“專門的，特殊的，獨(dú)特的”，含有不尋常，不一般的意思。例：That particular house is very nice，although the rest of them are ，就那所房子非常不錯。I have something very particular to tell 。Tonight is a special occasion and we have something very special for ，我們的晚餐也很特別。（85）possession n./procession ，易混淆。possession意為“占有，擁有，財物”；procession意為“行進(jìn)，行列”，常與in一起用。例：Possession of wealth does not necessarily bring 。The stupid old man soon lost all his 。The workers marched in procession to the president’s 。The wedding procession moved slowly down the 。（86）principal a.amp。n./principle ，很容易搞混。principal作形容詞意為“主要的，首要的”，作名詞時意為“校長，本金”；principle為名詞，意為“原則，原理”。例：He has been the principal singer of our 。Those are the principal points I want to explain to 。She has been the principal of this school for ten 。What he said is against my 。（87）range n./scale n./scope “距離，范圍”；scale意為“規(guī)模，等級”；scope的含義較窄，意思是“范圍，機(jī)會”。例：The transmitter has a range of 10,000 。We teach the full range of ball room 。On a scale of 1 to 10 how do you rate his performance? 如果用1到10給他打分的話，你給他的表演打幾分？The scale of the pollution problem was much worse than scientists had 。The politics of the country is really beyond the scope of a tourist book like 。（88）recent a./current “最近，新近的”；current意為“當(dāng)前的，現(xiàn)時的”。例：The bicycle is a recent 。Of these recent magazines, only one is still 。The current fashions are more casual than those in the 。They talked about the current events when they met again that 。（89）remind 。warn 。常指“警告某人有某種危險，要某人不要做某事，等等。remind ，重申其重要性或認(rèn)為值得記起。remember 。例：Please keep in mind what the teacher warns you 。This hotel reminds me of the one we stayed in last 。Don’t forget to remember me to Lyle when you see her, 。（90）resident n./inhabitant ，resident多指“住在大樓、公寓等住所的住戶或城市居民”，inhabitant多指“居住在某一地區(qū)的居民”。例：The inhabitants of this tropical island are very 。The residents of the town are proud of its new 。Only resident can drink in the hotel 。（91）resist v./oppose “反抗，抵抗，頂住”；oppose意為“反對”，常出現(xiàn)在習(xí)語be opposed to中，表示“反對，違反，相反”。例：The nation was unable to resist the 。No boy can resist the temptation of video 。He opposed the idea 。This sort of thing is utterly opposed to all my 。（92）security n./safety “安全，保衛(wèi)”，較safety正式，多指安全感，國家、社會的安全；safety指“處于安全狀態(tài)，沒有危險”，具體指人身、貨物等的安全。例：For security reasons the passengers have to be ，對所有乘客都要進(jìn)行檢查。The captain is responsible for the safety of the 。（93）see v./ catch sight of /spot v./recognize “看到”，另外多指明白，理解；catch sight of是指被看到的東西進(jìn)入了眼簾，而不是有意識地去使用視覺器官，可譯為“瞥見”；spot指從人群中或同類事物中認(rèn)出一個；recognize指認(rèn)出，認(rèn)識到是以前曾見過的事物。例：We must give the image of what we actually 。I caught sight of him when the thief ran into the 。She spotted his husband in the 。I recognized Peter although I hadn’t seen him for 10 ，但我認(rèn)出了他。（94）show v./demonstrate v./express v./indicate ，指被別人看見或把某物指給別人看，教別人如何做。demonstrate正式用詞，在展示、表明事情是如何做時可與show通用，但不作“被看見”講。express指通過語言或表情，表達(dá)出自己的想法和要求。indicate指通過信號或標(biāo)志，指示出方向、意圖或要求等。例：I will show you how to use this 。The technician demonstrated the laws of physics with laboratory 。I can’t express my gratitude too 。She indicated her approval with a 。（95）slow v./postpone v./delay ；postpone指把應(yīng)做的某種事務(wù)擱在一邊，意即延擱，或是將原定的事推遲、延期；delay常指由于難以克服的障礙而將某事耽擱或延遲。例：The driver slowed the car before ing to a full 。We postponed the match from March 5th to March 。The bus was delayed by a ，公共汽車來遲了。（96）special a./particular a./peculiar a./specific 、平常的、一般的東西在某些方面不相像；particular指一類人或事物中特定的、特殊的、獨(dú)一無二的一個，還可指挑剔的；peculiar指稀奇古怪，與正常的情況、表現(xiàn)相比而使人奇怪罕見；specific指針對某一用途、某種疾病等有特殊作用或特殊效果的。例：a special occasion特殊場合；a special treat 特別的款待 She has a particular preference for Chinese 。Our history teacher has always been a little 。a specific remedy for cancer 治療癌癥的特效藥； a specific answer 具體明確的答案（97）spoil v./ruin v./damage v./break “嬌慣壞”等；ruin指由于嬌慣或縱欲的結(jié)果把某人“毀掉”；damage指損害，造成損失或通過陷害之類手段有意“毀壞”某人的名聲或健康；break指身心受到摧殘而失去勇氣、信心等。例：The child is spoiled by the excessive love from his 。I was ruined by that law 。The storm did a lot of damage to the 。The case damaged greatly the reputation of the 。The sudden bankrupt of his pany broke him 。（98）stable a./steady “穩(wěn)定，牢固的”；steady意為“穩(wěn)固的，平穩(wěn)的”。例：The chair isn’t very 。He finally built a stable business 。The table isn’t 。He is making steady progress in his 。（99）stress n./emphasis “重點(diǎn)；緊張，壓力”；emphasis意為“強(qiáng)調(diào)，重點(diǎn)”。表示強(qiáng)調(diào)時兩個詞在口語中常可互換使用。例：He puts the emphasis on discipline in his 。Quite clearly the emphasis was on reading skills in our English ，我們的英語課重點(diǎn)是閱讀技能。Her parents always put a lot of stress on good table 。The stresses of work made her 。（1