SAT考试常见形近词辨析
2019-12-21 15:22 | 编辑:川外外语培训中心  来自:未知 
导读:词汇量在SAT考试中发挥着重要的作用。你的词汇量过关了么?本文为大家分享的是新SAT考试中常见的形近词的辨析。
1. averse vs. adverse
 
  averse : not liking sth; opposed to sth 不喜欢某事物;反对某事物
 
  E.g. He seems to be averse to hard work.
 
  adverse: not favorable; contrary; hostile 敌对的,反对的,不利的
 
  E.g. His health was adversely affected by the climate.
 
  
 
【SAT超级干货】SAT考试常见形近词辨析图1
 
 
  2. adversity vs. adversary
 
  adversity: trouble; unfortunate event不幸,灾祸
 
  E.g. Mary faces adversity with courage.
 
  adversary: opponent; enemy 对手,敌人
 
  E.g. He defeated his old adversary in the election.
 
  第1、2组词是经常被混淆的四个单词,两两组合进行对比,会给掌握单词带来更高的精准度。
 
  3. antipathy vs. apathy
 
  antipathy: strong or deep dislike 反感;厌恶;憎恶
 
  E.g. He showed a marked antipathy to foreigners.
 
  apathy: lack of interest; indifference 缺乏兴趣;漠不关心
 
  E.g. My parents do not feel apathy about the election.
 
  这一组词大家可以用词根词缀发来区别,path-作为词根是“情感”的意思,anti-作为前缀是“相反,对抗”,而a-是“不、无、非”的意思,相关单词有sympathy, empathy等。
 
  4. derive vs. deride
 
  derive: originate from sth; get sth from sth源自,源于;得到获取
 
  E.g. Thousands of English words derive from Latin.
 
  deride: mock sb/sth 嘲笑,嘲弄
 
  E.g. They derided his effort as childish.
 
  derisive这个单词出现在阅读中经常被当做是derive的形容词性理解,其实是deride的形容词,意思为“嘲笑的,嘲弄的”,例如derisive laughter。
 
  5.exhausted vs. exhaustive
 
  exhausted: very tired 精疲力尽的
 
  E.g. After a ten-mile hike, everybody is exhausted.
 
  exhaustive: very thorough; complete 详尽的;彻底的
 
  E.g. Police make an exhaustive research.
 
  6. imprudent vs. impudent
 
  imprudent: not wise or discreet不智的;不谨慎的;轻率的
 
  E.g. It would be imprudent (of you) to resign from your present job before you are offered another.
 
  impudent: very rude and disrespectful 粗鲁的;放肆的;无礼的;不尊重的
 
  E.g. Tom is an impudent child who never listens to his parents.
 
  在记这组词之前,最好先记住prudent这个单词,它本身就是“谨慎的,审慎的”意思,在其加上im-这个表否定含义的前缀,意思就很容易得出了。
 
  7. callow vs. callous
 
  callow: immature and inexperienced 既不成熟又无经验的;乳臭未乾的
 
  callous: cruelly insensitive or unsympathetic 冷酷无情的;无同情心的
 
  8. congenial vs. congenital
 
  congenial: (of people) pleasing because of similarities in temperament, interests, etc ; agreeable(指人)(因性情、志趣等相近)彼此合得来的,意气相投的;适合自己性格的
 
  E.g. I find this aspect of my job particularly congenial.
 
  congenital: (of diseases, etc) present from or before birth (指疾病等)天生的,先天的
 
  E.g. We should not deride people who have congenital defects.
 
  9. intelligent vs. intelligible
 
  intelligent: smart, educated 聪明的,智能的,智力的
 
  intelligible: that can be (easily) understood 可(易)理解的
 
  E.g. That’s totally a muddled explanation which was scarcely intelligible.
 
  10. impassive vs. impassioned
 
  impassive: showing no sign of feeling 无表情的,无动于衷的
 
  E.g. The accused sat impassively as the judge sentenced him to ten years in prison.
 
  impassioned: showing strong deep feeling 充满激情的;热烈的
 
  E.g. He made an impassioned plea for mercy.
 
  同第3组词相似的地方是这一组词里面含有pass-表“情感”含义的词根,im-表“不无、非”,所以impassive就是“无表情的,无动于衷的”意思。而后者中含有的“passion”其本身就是“激情,热情”的意思。
 
  11. adapt vs. adept
 
  adapt: make sth suitable for a new use, situation, etc; modify sth 使某事物适合於新的用途﹑情况等;修改某事物
 
  E.g. These styles can be adapted to suit individual tastes.
 
  adept: expert or skilful in (doing) sth 对(做)某事物内行的,熟练的
 
  E.g. She’s adept at growing roses.
 
  这一组词中adapt也经常容易与adopt混淆,adopt意思为“采纳,收养”。
 
  12. indigent vs. indigenous
 
  indigent : poor 贫穷
 
  indigenous: native 土生土长的,当地的
 
  E.g. Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia.
 
  13. presumptive vs. presumptuous
 
  presumptive: based on reasonable belief; probable基于合理之推测的;可能的
 
  E.g. It is absurd that he was sentenced to death based on presumptive evidence.
 
  presumptuous: too bold or self-confident 胆大妄为的,专横的
 
  E.g. Would it be presumptuous of me to ask you to contribute?
 
  14. ingenious vs. ingenuous
 
  ingenious: (of a person) clever at finding new or simple solutions for complex problems; original in design(指人)善于用新的或简单的方法解决复杂问题的;设计独特精巧的
 
  E.g. So you fitted that wire through that little hole there: that's very in genious!
 
  ingenuous: open, innocent 坦率的,不隐瞒的,天真的
 
  E.g. That kid gives me an ingenuous smile.
 
  这一组词,可以利用另外两个单词帮助记忆:genius和genuine。前者意思为“天才”后者意思为“真的,真诚的,非人造的”。ingenious从发音和词形上与genius相近,而ingenuous 和genuine 相近。
 
  15. discreet vs. discrete
 
  discreet: careful or showing good judgment in what one says or does; not too obvious 言谈举止谨慎的;言行审慎的;不显眼的
 
  E.g. I should make a few discreet enquirers about the firm before you sign anything.
 
  discrete: separate; distinct 分离的;截然分开的
 
  E.g. Those are a series of discrete events.

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