考研英語核心辭彙辨析(黑魔方系列2008版之十)

ignore, neglect, omit, overlook

這一組動詞都有"忽略"的意思。

ignore v.忽視,不理睬,指有意識地拒絕。

she saw him coming but she ignored him.她看見他走過來,但是裝作沒看見。

neglect v.忽視,忽略,疏忽,指無意識地忽視或忘記。

he neglected to make repairs in his house.他忘記了修理房子。

omit v.遺漏,忽略,忘記,指由於疏忽而忘記,也可以表示因不利或不好而被忽略等。

she omitted several steps in the experiment and it failed.她在實驗中遺漏了幾個步驟,結果實驗失敗了。

overlook v.忽略,疏漏,指有意識地遺漏,也可以指無意識地忽略。

the mother overlooked her little boy's bad behavior.那位母親忽視了她的小兒子的不良行為。

imaginable, imaginary, imaginative

imaginable a.可想像的,往往作後置定語,所修飾的名詞前常加all,every,only或形容詞的最高級。

in her painting, she has used every color imaginable.在她的繪畫中,她用了所以可以想像的到的色彩。

imaginary a.虛構的,想像中的。

the child has an imaginary friend.那個孩子有個假想中的朋友。

imaginative a.富於想像力的。

an imaginative writer富於想像力的作家

imitate, intimate, intimidate

這是一組形近易混詞。

imitate v.模仿,仿效;複製,仿造。

the boy imitates his father's way of talking.那個男孩模仿他父親說話的樣子。

intimate a.親密的;溫馨的,舒適的。

we have had an intimate friendship since we were young.我們自年輕時代起就建立了親密的友誼。

intimidate v.恐嚇,威脅。

an older boy intimidated the little children when he took their lunch money.一個年齡大一點的男孩恐嚇那些小孩子,並且搶走了他們的午飯錢。

imperial, imperious

imperial a.帝國的,帝王的;帝王般的,威嚴的;英制的(非公制的度量衡制,如磅,加侖,品脫等)。

the imperial guards帝國衛士

imperious a.傲慢的,專橫的。

the strict father showed an imperious attitude toward his children.那個嚴厲父親對孩子的態度很專橫。

imply, infer

imply v. (從言語或態度中)暗示,暗指(某種事情)。

the secretary of the treasury implied that interest rates would go down.財政大臣暗示利率將下降。

infer v. (根據已知事實)推斷,推理。

i infer from your smile that you are happy.從你的笑容可以看出你很高興。

industrial, industrious

這是一組形近易混詞。

industrial a.工業的,產業的,來自於名詞industry。

industrial production is up this year; but agriculture is weak.今年的工業產值上升了,但是農業依然薄弱。

industrious a.勤奮的,忙碌的。

she started her own business and is now very industrious.她自己開了一家公司,因此很忙碌。

initial, original, primitive

initial a.開始的,最初的,強調處於事物的起始階段,也可以指位於開頭地方的。

my initial good opinion of him changed with time.時間長了我對他最初的好印象改變了。

original a.最初的,最早的;原版的,原物的。指按順序是首位的,在此前不再有更為原始的同類的東西;也指原件的,原物的,非仿造的東西。

this is the original piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.就是在這架鋼琴上,這位作曲家創作出了他的一些偉大的作品。

primitive a.原始的,上古的,早期的,指處於人類生命或事物發展的早期階段,也可以指自然的或簡樸的。

primitive tribes live in the amazon river basin.原始部落居住在亞馬遜河盆地。

interfere, intervene, interrupt, disturb

這幾個詞都有"干擾"的意思。

interfere v.干涉,妨礙。常指干涉或妨礙他人(的事),著重指有影響,當"干涉"講時,後多接in,當"妨礙,打擾"時後多接with。

it's unwise to interfere between husband and wife.干涉別人夫婦間的事是不明智的

intervene v.干涉,干預,較為正式,常指帶有行動的干預;此外,還有"調停"的意思。

would you intervene if you saw a parent hit a child?要是你看到家長打孩子你會幹預嗎?

interrupt v.打擾,打斷,阻礙。常有"使……停止(中斷)"的意思。

his speech was constantly interrupted by applause.他的講話頻頻被掌聲所打斷。

disturb v.打擾,妨礙。常指失去了正常的狀態或導致困難產生。

bad dreams disturbed her sleep.噩夢妨礙她的睡眠。