考研英語核心的詞彙辨析

1、apparent, evident, manifest, obvious, distinct這一組形容詞都有"明顯的"之意。

考研英語核心的詞彙辨析

apparent a.明顯的,顯而易見的,尤指容易觀察或認識到的事物。

He is very unhappy, and it is apparent that he wants to leave now.他很不高興,顯然他現在想走了。

evident a.明白的,明顯的,與apparent基本同意,多用於推理或由事實證明的事物。

It is evident that he is guilty; his fingerprints were found at the crime scene.顯然他是有罪的,在犯罪現場發現了他的指紋。

manifest a.清楚的,明顯的,多指根據外部特徵或跡象便能看出或瞭解其意義,常作表語。

Her ability is manifest, but she is not attractive.她才能出衆,但長相併不動人。

obvious a.明顯的,顯而易見的,含有無可辯白,不需證明之意。

It is obvious that that woman has had too much to drink.很顯然,那個婦女酒喝的太多了。

distinct a.清楚的,明顯的;不同的,獨特的。修飾性質明顯不同的東西。

Medical care has made a distinct improvement in his health.治療已使他的健康有了明顯的好轉。

2、applaud, clap, commend, praise

applaud v.鼓掌,讚揚,指因精湛表演或某種行爲得到別人的讚許,大聲叫好或熱烈鼓掌。

The boss applauded my efforts by praising my work.老闆表揚了我的.工作,對我的努力表示讚許。

clap v.拍打,其用法是clap one's hand=applaud,不能說applaud one's hands。clap sb.爲某人鼓掌,clap sth.拍打某物

commend v.爲正式用詞,用於對具體功績或成就表示嘉獎,通常指上級對下級、長輩對晚輩的讚賞。

The teacher commended the student for doing well on the exam.老師表揚學生們的考試成績優異。

praise v.爲一般用詞,用於對某人的優秀品質表示欽佩羨慕;讚頌,讚美。

A supervisor praised the employee for her good work.一位主管稱讚這位員工的工作做得不錯。

Survivors of the crash praised God for saving them.墜機事件的倖存者讚頌上帝使他們得救。

3、area, district, region, vicinity, zone有"區域"的意思。

area n.泛指面積較大的地區;面積;專業領域。

The New York area has high rents.紐約地區房租很高。

district n.行政區劃的小範圍地區。如Xicheng district西城區

region n.行政區劃上更大的地區,如"自治區";身體部位。

The northeast region of the USA includes New York and the six New England states.美國東北部包括紐約和新英格蘭地區的那六個州。

vicinity n.周圍地區,附近地區。

The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the vicinity.警察都十分警惕因爲逃跑的罪犯就藏在附近地區。

zone n.指特定的地方、地帶。

The city passed a law to create a business zone on some empty land.市政府通過法律,在一些空地上開闢商業區。

4、assembly, conference, congress, rally, seminar, session, summit, symposium都表示"會議"的意思。

assembly n.集合,集會。

The assembly of students takes place in the auditorium.學生們在大禮堂舉行集會。

conference n. (專門性的)會議,討論會。

The conference on international economic problems met in Geneva.關於世界經濟問題的會議在日內瓦召開。

congress n.代表大會,(美國的)國會。

Congress passes laws that must be obeyed by the people.美國國會通過的法律,人民一定要遵守。

rally n. (鼓舞士氣的)集會;羣衆性集會

The football coach called a rally to build up the team's excitement for the next game.足球教練召開了一個動員會,以便鼓舞士氣打好下次比賽。

seminar n. (大學的)研究班,研討會。

During summer vacations some teachers attend seminars at college.暑假裏,一些教師在學院裏參加研究班。

session n. (一屆)會議,回合。

the autumn session of Parliament議會的秋季會議

summit n.最高級會議,峯會(通常爲領導人蔘加)。

Next year, the summit will be held in Vienna.明年將在維也納舉行最高級會談。

symposium n. (學術、科研方面的)座談會,專題報告會。

The symposium on SARS research lasted two days.非典型性肺炎研究的研討會持續了兩天。

5、assessment, estimate, evaluation有"評估"的意思。

assessment n.評估,估價,常常表示對於財產、價值的評估。

We have a low assessment on our property.我們對我們的資產評估很低。

estimate n.估計,強調進行評估得出的結果,常與give搭配。

The mechanic gave me a rough estimate of two or three hundred dollars for the repairs to my car.機械師給我的汽車修理費的粗略估計是200或300美元。

evaluation n. (對於能力,價值、工作業績的)評價,估價,常帶有肯定的、正確的含義。

He gave a positive evaluation of our scientific research.他對於我們的科學研究給予了積極的評價。