英语三级考试:容易混淆的词汇(三)
成人英语三级考试容易混淆的词汇 13.advice,advise advice劝告(名词)。如:I want to give you some advice. advise劝告(动词)。如:What do you advise me to do? 14.adopt, adapt adopt (1)收养。如:Since they have no children of their own, they decided to adopt a little girl. (他们自己没有孩子,所以决定收养一个小女孩。)(2)采纳,采用,通过。如:He adopted our suggestion.(他采纳了我们的建议。) adopt与adapt词形相近,后者的意思是“使适合”,“改编”等。 15.advance, proceed, progress 均可表“前进”。 advance表向一个特定的目的地,在一定的时间或空间内稳定地向前运动。如:Napoleon’s army advanced on Moscow. (拿破仑的军队向莫斯科挺进。) proceed强调从一处向另一处的运动,常表停顿后继续前进。如:They proceeded from London to Paris. (他们从伦敦往巴黎前进。) peogress 多表自然过程,指生长,发展等稳定地或循环往复地前进。如:The year is progressing, it will soon be summer. (光阴似箭,很快又是夏天了。) 16.advantage, benefit, profit advantage 常指一种使某人处于比其他人相对有利的地位,机会或时机。如:He had the advantage of good education. (受过良好的教育对他十分有利。) profit 多指报偿或报偿性的收入。如Did you make any profit last year? (你去年赚钱了吗?) benefit 指物质利益或精神方面的好处。如:I get no personal benefit from the business.(我个人从这家企业中并不获益。) 17.advise, convince, persuade 均可表“劝说”。 advise表建议,规劝某人应该做某事或如何做。如:He advised me to put my money in the bank. (他劝我把钱存入银行。) convince指向某人陈述事实,运用推理或逻辑证明使某人信服。如:We convinced Smith to go by train rather than plane. (我们说服了史密斯乘火车而不乘飞机前往。) persuade指用感情说服某人去做某事。如:I persuaded him to go back to work. (我说服他回去工作了。) 18.affect, effect affect影响(动词)。如Smoking affects health. effect效果,影响(名词)。如:Government policy will not have any effect on us. |