考研英语常考词汇辨析(8)
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hypercritical, hypocritical
hypercritical a.吹毛求疵的,批评苛刻的。
He is so hypercritical that he corrects every mistake his students made.他很苛刻,对于学生的每个错误都要纠正。
hypocritical a.虚伪的,伪善的。
hypocritical behavior伪善的行为
ignore, neglect, omit, overlook
这一组动词都有忽略的意思。
ignore v.忽视,不理睬,指有意识地拒绝。
She saw him coming but she ignored him.她看见他走过来,但是装作没看见。
neglect v.忽视,忽略,疏忽,指无意识地忽视或忘记。
He neglected to make repairs in his house.他忘记了修理房子。
omit v.遗漏,忽略,忘记,指由于疏忽而忘记,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.她在实验中遗漏了几个步骤,结果实验失败了。
overlook v.忽略,疏漏,指有意识地遗漏,也可以指无意识地忽略。
The mother overlooked her little boys bad behavior.那位母亲忽视了她的小儿子的不良行为。
imaginable, imaginary, imaginative
imaginable a.可想象的,往往作后置定语,所修饰的名词前常加all,every,only或形容词的最高级。
In her painting, she has used every color imaginable.在她的绘画中,她用了所以可以想象的到的色彩。
imaginary a.虚构的,想象中的。
The child has an imaginary friend.那个孩子有个假想中的朋友。
imaginative a.富于想象力的。
an imaginative writer富于想象力的作家
imitate, intimate, intimidate
这是一组形近易混词。
imitate v.模仿,仿效;复制,仿造。
The boy imitates his fathers way of talking.那个男孩模仿他父亲说话的样子。
intimate a.亲密的;温馨的,舒适的。
We have had an intimate friendship since we were young.我们自年轻时代起就建立了亲密的友谊。
intimidate v.恐吓,威胁。
An older boy intimidated the little children when he took their lunch money.一个年龄大一点的男孩恐吓那些小孩子,并且抢走了他们的午饭钱。
imperial, imperious
imperial a.帝国的,帝王的;帝王般的,威严的;英制的(非公制的度量衡制,如磅,加仑,品脱等)。
the imperial guards帝国卫士
imperious a.傲慢的,专横的。
The strict father showed an imperious attitude toward his children.那个严厉父亲对孩子的态度很专横。
imply, infer
imply v. (从言语或态度中)暗示,暗指(某种事情)。
The Secretary of the Treasury implied that interest rates would go down.财政大臣暗示利率将下降。
infer v. (根据已知事实)推断,推理。
I infer from your smile that you are happy.从你的笑容可以看出你很高兴。
industrial, industrious
这是一组形近易混词。
industrial a.工业的,产业的,来自于名词industry。
Industrial production is up this year; but agriculture is weak.今年的工业产值上升了,但是农业依然薄弱。
industrious a.勤奋的,忙碌的。
She started her own business and is now very industrious.她自己开了一家公司,因此很忙碌。
initial, original, primitive
initial a.开始的,最初的,强调处于事物的起始阶段,也可以指位于开头地方的。
My initial good opinion of him changed with time.时间长了我对他最初的好印象改变了。
original a.最初的,最早的;原版的,原物的。指按顺序是首位的,在此前不再有更为原始的同类的东西;也指原件的,原物的,非仿造的东西。
This is the original piano on which the composer created some of his greatest works.就是在这架钢琴上,这位作曲家创作出了他的一些伟大的作品。
primitive a.原始的,上古的,早期的,指处于人类生命或事物发展的早期阶段,也可以指自然的或简朴的。
Primitive tribes live in the Amazon River basin.原始部落居住在亚马逊河盆地。