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ed by its plicated traffic 這些農(nóng)夫們第一次到城里的時(shí)候,他們對(duì)城市復(fù)雜的交通系統(tǒng)感到迷惑不解。 Where the sunken treasure is puzzles 藏的下落令探險(xiǎn)家們大惑不解。 He sent the wrong reports because he confused them with other ,因?yàn)樗阉鼈兺硗庖恍﹫?bào)告混淆在一起了。 Her boyfriend embarrassed her by teasing her about her new hairstyle in front of 她的新發(fā)型,使她感到難堪。 The new tax laws perplex 。 blame ,把 ……歸咎于。t blame anyone in case you fail the 你 考試不及格,你不能怪罪任何人。 The wife condemned her husband for drinking too 。 His teacher reproached him for not doing his 。 3 blunder, error, mistake 這一組詞都表示 錯(cuò) 誤 。 I think that I mitted a blunder in asking her because she seemed very upset by my 由于我的問題感到很難過(guò),我感覺到犯了一個(gè)大錯(cuò)。 The accident was the result of human 為的錯(cuò)誤造成的。 I took your bag instead of mine by 的手提包。 brittle ,易損壞的,通常是指堅(jiān)硬的東西。 fragile ,也引申為體弱的,虛弱的。s feeling a bit fragile after last night39。 frail a. (指人 )體弱的,虛弱的,也可以指東西易碎的。 crisp ;清新的,爽快的;活躍的,有生氣的,干凈利落的。s 。作名詞時(shí),表示病弱者,傷殘者,久病者。 A bad car accident made him an 使他變成了殘疾。 boundary ;界線。 The fence marks the boundary between my land and 。 We crossed the Mexican border into the 墨西哥邊界進(jìn)入美國(guó)境內(nèi)。 The American West was still a frontier a century ago.一個(gè)世紀(jì)以前美國(guó)西部還是一片邊疆。 rim , 邊緣,尤指圓形或近似圓形的物體的邊緣。 on the verge of war 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)爆發(fā)之際 4 brief, concise, curt, succinct 都有 簡(jiǎn)短的 意思。 The manager made a brief statement to open the 。 His letter was concise, omitting everything not pertinent to the ,省略掉了所有與該項(xiàng)工作無(wú)關(guān)的部分。 He asked his boss a question, but got a curt reply , I have no time for you now!他問老板一個(gè)問題,但是 老板草率的說(shuō): 我沒時(shí)間搭理你。 succinct summary of the argument 論點(diǎn)的概要 4 bush, shrub, jungle 這一組詞均與樹木有關(guān)。 shrub ,灌木叢。 4 certify, rectify, testify, verify 形近易混詞。 He certified it was his wife39。 rectify ,糾正;整頓。 testify v. (在法庭上 )宣誓作證;表明。 verify v. (用事實(shí) )證實(shí)或核實(shí)。s address by calling to check 電話詢問,以核實(shí)商店的地址。 pel ,迫使,常表示運(yùn)用權(quán)利、力量迫使對(duì)方做 某事;有時(shí)也表示 別無(wú)辦法,不得不做 。 constrain ,強(qiáng)迫,與 pel意思相近,但更多強(qiáng)調(diào)內(nèi)心情感 (如道德、憐憫等 )的強(qiáng)迫和限制作用,一般用于正式的場(chǎng)合。t consider himself constrained by the same rules of social conduct as other 己是 藝術(shù)家,不必象一般人那樣要受到社會(huì)行為準(zhǔn)則的約束。 The thief forced her to hand over the 她把錢交出來(lái)。 We are obliged to stop the car at a red 燈時(shí)必須停車。 plaint (主要指病人去看病時(shí)向醫(yī)生描述的病癥,既可以是小病、慢性病,也可以是傳染性疾病 );抱怨,埋怨,不滿。 a disorder of the digestive system 消化系統(tǒng)疾病 4 plement, supplement, append補(bǔ)充 plement ,補(bǔ)充物,主要指補(bǔ)充不足使之完美。 supplement ,補(bǔ)充,補(bǔ)貼,主要指另外補(bǔ)加,增補(bǔ)。 append ,添上或補(bǔ)充某事物 (尤指文字 )。 7 4 ponent, element, factor, ingredient組成成分 ponent ; (某事物的 )組成部分;成分。 element ;組成部分,方面;某特定的人或群體,分子。 He belongs to a bad element in this 的壞分子。 Endurance is an important factor in success in sports.耐力是體育比賽成功的一個(gè)重要因素。 Flour, milk, butter and yeast are some ingredients in 、牛奶、黃油和酵母是做面包的一些原料。 prise ,包括,由 ……組成 (整體 );組成,構(gòu)成。s product line prises 2,500 different 2,500 個(gè)不同的組成部分 構(gòu)成的。 The mittee was posed mainly of teachers and 。 The problem consists of two 。 constitute ,組成 (整體 )。s major 。 The conference delegates included representatives from 。 concentrate ,集中精力 (后接 on,賓語(yǔ)可以是具體或抽象的東西 );濃縮,壓縮。 focus (于某事物 );將 (注意力等 )集中于 ……(后接 on,賓語(yǔ)一般不是具體的東西 )。 5 confinement, limitation, restraint限制,局限 confinement ,囚禁 (于某地或某種境地 )。 solitary 。 That employee has limitations on what work he can do.那個(gè)雇員能做的工作有限。 Even though the mother was very angry, she acted with restraint and didn39。 5 considerable, considerate 這是一對(duì)形近易混的形容詞。 That family owns a considerable amount of 族擁有大量的土地。 He is always considerate of others。 5 conserve, preserve, reserve 都有 保存 的意思。 In winter, some people conserve energy by lowing the heat at ,為節(jié)約能源有些人在夜里把暖氣調(diào)小。 The government preserves the rights of the individual 。 We are reserving these seats for my 些座位留給我的父母。 continual ;頻繁的。 That dog39。 continuous ,連續(xù)不斷的,強(qiáng)調(diào)中間不停頓。 constant ,經(jīng)常的,強(qiáng)調(diào)始終如一地經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)。 incessant ,持續(xù)不斷的,強(qiáng)調(diào)令人厭煩地重復(fù)出現(xiàn),中間有可能有停頓。 5 convert, invert, revert, transform 都有 轉(zhuǎn)變 的意思。 He wants to convert to 。常常表示位置、順序、方向等的顛倒。 revert ,恢復(fù)原狀 。 John gave his brother a house, and when his brother died, ownership reverted back to 所房子,當(dāng)他的哥哥去世后,房子的所有權(quán)重新歸于約翰。 A little paint will soon transform the old 油漆很快就會(huì)使這所舊房子大為改觀。 credible ,可靠的。 credulous ,易于相信的。 plausible (可信的 )。 Even though it is a plausible explanation, I am not pletely ,但仍不可能使我完全相信。 decline 絕,謝絕,相當(dāng)于 refuse politely,主要用于拒絕有關(guān)社交活動(dòng)的邀請(qǐng)或要求幫助的請(qǐng)求,后接名詞或動(dòng)詞不定式,主語(yǔ)只能是人。 refuse ,表示 拒絕 ,含有非常堅(jiān)決地、不客氣地拒絕的意思。 He asked her to go to the movies three times, and each time she rejected ,但每一次都被拒絕。 The defendant denied the accusations made against him in 。 deduce ,推理,演繹。 today he is quiet and so I deduce she is angry.我的朋友在他的女朋友生他的氣的時(shí)候就會(huì)變得沉默,今天他很沉默,所以我推斷她生氣了。 We couldn39。 reduce ,減??;降低。 5 delay, postpone 這兩個(gè)詞都有 延遲 之意。 Her late arrival delayed the start of the 到使會(huì)議延遲開始。 Our meeting for today was postponed until next week.我們今天的會(huì)議推遲到下周舉行。 demonstrate 、示范、表演、展示等以達(dá)到說(shuō)明或解釋的目的。 illustrate 、列圖表或比較 等方式來(lái)說(shuō)明道理。華盛頓的故事來(lái)講述他的歷史課。 disappear ,不見;滅絕,不復(fù)存在。 The little dog was just there, then he 小狗剛才就在那 里,然后就不見了。 The man ran into the shop and vanished from sight.那個(gè)男子跑到了商店里,然后就消失了。 The wallpaper has faded from red to pale 紅色褪成了淡粉色。 Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply 。 diminish v. (力量、勢(shì)力 )減弱,減少,強(qiáng)調(diào)由于某種原因而減少,這種減少可以造成能夠?yàn)槿藗兯煊X的后果或損失。 reduce ,指通過(guò)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(jí)。 6 deviate, distract, divert 都有 轉(zhuǎn)移 的意思。多指脫離正軌或正題等。 distract ,分散 (注意力、心理等 )。 Noise distracts him, so he can39。 divert ,使轉(zhuǎn)向,著重改變后的結(jié)果,后常接介詞 from。s attention from their 意力。 dip ,浸染,蘸。 The artist dipped his brush in the 了蘸顏料。指全部浸泡在液體中達(dá)一段時(shí)間,也可指一種氛圍。 submerge ,淹沒 。 The girl was submerged in the shallow end of the pool.女孩泡在水池的淺水區(qū)一端。 divide ,劃分,指把整體分成若干部分,也表示 疏遠(yuǎn) 的意思,常用結(jié)構(gòu)為 di