18.强盗 thief: The most general one. (强盗) robber: It suggests a direct confrontation in which the owner is forced to give up his valuables. (行凶强劫) mugger: A person who attacks and robs people in a street or in a lift. burglar: A person who breaks into a house at night to steal something. (歹徒 暴徒) gangster: A member of a group of criminals, esp. those who are armed and use guns to threaten. (匪徒) bandit: an armed robber. It suggests an organized group in a rural setting. (土匪) brigand: A robber who lives by robbing travelers in the country. (海盗) pirate: A person who robs on the sea. 19.摇动,颤动 shake: The most general one. to move up and down or back and forth. It refers to persons or things. (发抖) quiver: To tremble a little. It suggests a rapid but invisible vibration. His lips quivered with emotion. (颤抖) tremble: To shake uncontrollably and slightly as from fear, cold, excitement etc. It implies uneasiness and nervousness. Her voice trembled as she began to sing. (瞬间发抖) shiver: To tremble from fear or cold. It suggests a slight and rapid movement. He stood shivering in the snow. (极度颤动) quake: to shake or tremble violently. It suggests a more violent and sudden change. He quaked with excitement. An explosion cam make the ground quake. (抽筋般颤动) shudder: To shake uncontrollably for a movement. It suggests a more intense shaking. She shuddered at the sight of a snake. 20.说话 谈话 (说话) speak: To use your voice to say words. (说) say: To speak words. (发出声音) utter: To make sound and say words. drawl: To speak in a slow, prolonged manner. mutter: To express displeasure with compressed lips. rave: To talk in an angry, uncontrolled way. gabble: To talk rapidly, making inarticulate sounds. (谈论) remark: To mention it or comment on it. (陈述) state: To say, express or put into words, esp. formally. He stated his view. (讲述) narrate: To tell formally in writing or speech or describe something in order with intonation. He narrated his adventure in the forest. (详述) relate: To tell formally in details, to give an account of. He related his experiences. (讲演) address: To say in speech or writing to a person or group. tell: To let people know about something. talk: To say things to someone. converse: To talk formally. The scholars are conversing with each other on linguistics. chat: To talk in a friendly, familiar, informal manner. The two friends sat in a corner and chatted. chatter: To talk continuously rapidly about small things. The schoolgirls went along chattering. whisper: To talk in a low voice. She whispered me not to talk so loudly. murmur: To make a soft sound, esp. to speak or say in a quiet voice. He often murmurs to himself. (闲谈) gossip: To talk about the details of other people"s actions and private lives which may not correct or proper. That woman is very fond of gossiping about others. stammer: To speak with pauses and repeated sounds because of excitement, embarrassment. stutter: To speak with pauses and repeated sounds because of inherent speech defect. 21.事情,事件 (事) thing: An event, a fact, a subject. He talked of many interesting things. (事情) matter: Seth that you have to deal with, something to be discussed, thought over. There are several matters to be dealt with at the meeting. (事务 责任) business: A special duty, something that has to be done. Public business is every one"s business. (事务) affair: An event or set of connected events. (pl) private and personal life. I have many affairs to look after. (事件) event: An important happening. Events such as birthdays and anniversaries are often celebrated. Do you know the chief events of 1986. incident: Not as important as an event. Incidents seldom are celebrated. Sometimes an event becomes an incident after many years have passed. (偶然事件) happening: An occurrence, and sometimes an unusual one. There have been strange happenings here lately. (偶发事件) occurrence: An incident that is usually unexpected and has not been planned ahead of time. Flood is practically an annual occurrence in this district. 22.承认 admit: To agree to the truth of, usu, something bad. It suggests reluctance or possible objection. He admitted his crime/stealing. (自白 供认) confess: To admit guilt as to a crime or as to a shortcoming, in the sense of making known to others one"s own error or wrong doing. He confessed his fault/doing something wrong. acknowledge: to agree the truth of, recognize the fact or existence of what have said or done, good or bad. It emphasizes openly in a embarrassing or awkward and usually not voluntary way. I acknowledged my signature/mistakes/errors/having been defeated. grant: To admit or to agree something is true. I granted his request/his honesty. take sth/sb for granted. concede: To admit as true, just or proper often unwillingly because of overwhelming evidence. I conceded you that point, but I still think you are wrong. recognize: To accept or acknowledge it. It refers to something about law and diplomacy. The new regime was recognized by China. |