高级英语词汇区别总结

高级英语词汇区别总结

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作者：英语巴士xuxinhuan 1. mix blend

Mix: 意为多种成分的混合，各构成成分失去自身的存在 Blend: 指可和谐共存的事物的混合 Oil and water do not mix. These two colors blend well.

2. rambling rumbling

Rambling: 指（建筑物、街道）布局零乱的。 Rumbling: 指发生隆隆声 There are some rambling houses.

Listen! There is gun-fire rumbling in the distance.

3. relevant relative

Relevant: 意为切题的、恰当的、有重大关系的、有意义的逻辑联系 Relative: 着意于一物受他物影响而产生的依赖的关系。 The witness’s testimony is not relevant to the case. Market values are always relative to the demand.

4. exhilarate exasperate Exhilarate: 意为使高兴 Exasperate: 激怒，使烦恼。 I was exhilarated by her visit. I was exasperated by all the noise.

5. jumble clutter

Jumble: 指不相同的东西混合在一起，混杂； Clutter: 指许多物品堆挤在一起，散乱，杂乱。 His thoughts were all jumbled. His desk is always cluttered.

6. terrified terrifying

Terrified: 意味着一种被恐惧镇住的紧张心情；

Terrifying: 指（声音、现象）本身具有令人恐怖的因素。 The terrified mother watched the dog attack her child. What a terrifying voice.

7. contemptuous contemptible

Contemptuous: 指认为某物或某人卑鄙、无耻或毫无价值，并实际上也把这种看法表现出来

Contemptible: 指任何能引起鄙视或嘲笑的事物，往往指首先或行为准则。 She gave a contemptuous laugh.

The indifference of the on-lookers was really contemptible.

8. evade dodge

Evade: 指巧妙地躲避、逃脱，也指避免（充分、诚实）地回答问题 Dodge: 指与他人无害的，为了避免面对某人或某事而想出来的巧妙办法。 You shouldn’t evade paying tax due.

He dodged the falling rock and escaped unhurt.

9. intrude invade

Intrude: 常指侵犯别人的隐私，有时指无意和突然的侵入 Invade: 指用武装力量很快地侵入别人的领地。

The man was embarrassed at finding that he had intruded on the young lovers. Hilter invaded Poland.

10. prevent withhold

Prevent: 预防、防止，它适用于人力所及范围，指运用强有力的或暴力的阻止手段，阻止反对某事。

Withhold: 意为“抵制”，“拒绝给予” These rules are intended to prevent accident.

The company decided to withhold payment until they had completed the construction of the building.

11. incredible incredulous

Incredible: 表被动意义，指不能令人相信的，难以置信的； Incredulous: 表示怀疑的

What she was achieved is incredible to us. There is an incredulous look on his face.

12. sympathy empathy

Sympathy: 意为协调或共鸣，用于物时脂相互的影响，用于人时通常指精神上的共鸣，或指志趣爱好的投合；

Empathy: 指感情移入，具有了解别人之感觉或动机的能力。 I’m glad to find that we are in perfect sympathy. I have empathy for the mother.

13. content contented

Content: 只作表语，表示某种程度上的满足 Contented: 表示心满意足，不想再多要。 He was content that the thing had happened. Don’t be contented with little success.

14. perseverance persistence

Perseverance: 含不屈不挠和执着的意味，强调积极的忍耐，运用耐力排除各种困难

Persistence: 指坚持不懈，也含有固执的意义。 That shows his perseverance in the face of hardship. She accepted his persistence in pressing the invitation.

15. moral morale

Moral: 主要指道德、品行、寓意 Morale: 主要指军队士气、精神面貌

He has no morals and will do anything for money. The team’s morale was high after the victory.

16. separate segregate

Separate: 指使原先合在一起的东西分开，也可以指从中隔开，常和from搭配，有时还有区别开的意思。

Segregate: 指把两个团体或把一组人整体隔离，常指种族或宗教上的隔绝。 The Atlantic separates Europe from America.

The doctor decided to segregate people with infectious disease.

17. embitter agitate

Embitter: 使苦恼，怨恨，使痛苦 Agitate: 使激动，使狂躁不安，使焦虑。

She was embittered by her many disappointments. He was much agitated about his father’s health.

18. noncommittal tentative

Noncommittal: 指在（争论，讨论中）不表示确定意见或立场，态度不明朗 Tentative: 是指试验性质，尝试性的，（凭）推测的，暂时性的。 She gave me a noncommittal answer It is just a tentative explanation.

19. scrub scrape

Scrub: 指用力擦洗，擦净，一般用水、毛巾、刷子等。 Scrape: 指用工具刮，刮削，削掉，刮磨。 He is scrubbing the floor.

Before eating, scrape the mould from the surface.

20. ingenuous ingenious

Ingenuous: 多指人的性格、行为等坦白、直率的，并含有天真、单纯，没有心计之义。

Ingenious: 指人机灵的，主要指头脑聪明，有发明的才能。 She gave ingenuous answers to all his questions. He has an ingenious mind.

21. grudge malice

Grudge: 指对个人所怀有的恶意，通常暗示因受到某种实际的或想像的轻蔑或侮辱而产生的怨恨，并且常常暗示进行报复的决心；

Malice: 通常指根深蒂固的并且常常毫无道理或无法解释的恶意或怨恨，时常带有内心乐于做坏事，伤害他人，看到他人受苦之义。

I always feel she has a grudge against me, although I don’t know what wrong I’ve done her .

There was no malice intended in what she said.

22. shrewd cunning

Shrewd: 指天生聪明的、机灵的，具有神奇洞察力的，通常也指精明而讲究实际的

Cunning: 强调运用智力来狡诈行骗，通常反映的是一种低层次的才智或恶劣的道德品质。

He is a shrewd business man.

The thief was very cunning.

23. pitiful sympathetic

Pitiful: 形容人或物可怜的，令人同情的 Sympathetic: 表示出于同情的，表示同情的。 The pitiful old lady died in a winter morning.

He was obviously sympathetic over what had happened.

24. anguish melancholy

Anguish: 指（精神、心灵）极度痛苦，悲痛

Melancholy: 形容内在的气质和经常的愁眉苦脸不是由外部原因引起的，这是一种习惯性的忧郁、低沉，而事实上并非有什么不愉快的事，它表现的是一种感伤而不是痛苦。

She was in anguish over her missing child. He gave me a melancholy smile.

25. stumble tumble

Stumble: 绊跌，绊脚，强调被。。。绊倒之意，也指跌跌撞撞地走，蹒跚而行驶

Tumble: 指摔倒，滚翻，跌跤，坠落。 He stumbled over the edge of the carpet and fell. She tripped and tumbled down the stairs.

26. on the whole as a whole

On the whole: 总的看来，大体上，指对多个事物权衡后得出结论

As a whole: 作为一整体，整个看来，前面往往有一个表示集体意义的名词。 I think, on the whole, we had better stay at home.

The temperature for the country as a whole is relatively high.

27. confine limit

Confine: 强调禁止或不能通过的边界，常表达严格的约束、遏制的含义，并带有限制、束缚、阻碍或抵制等含蓄意义；

Limit: 表示限制，通常指对时间、空间、数量、能量或产品等预先做出规定。 He is confined to his berth by seasickness. Try to limit your talk to ten minutes.

28. justifiable justified

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