英语同源形容词的区别.doc

英语同源形容词的区别在英语中某些词有两种或两种以上的形容词形式，它们词形相近，但词义不同，容易用错，你知道这些形容词的不同之处吗？请看historic与historicalhistoric: famous in history,历史上著名的associated with past times与过去时代有关的aevent/speech/spothistorical: belong to history历史上的apeople/novel/play/film/paintingtrendelectric与electricalelectrical: worked by, changed with，producing electricity用电的，带电的,有电的current/cableelectrical: relating to electricity, an idea of a less close connection with electricityengineering/apparatuseconomic与economicaleconomic: of economicspolicy/geography/crisis/cropseconomical: careful in the spending of money and time, not waste经济的，节俭的anhousewife/storeindustrial与industriousindustrial: of industries工业的therevolution/products/systemindustrious: hard-working, diligentpeopleconsiderable与considerateconsiderable: great much相当多（大）的aincome/distanceconsiderate: thoughtful体谅的， 体贴的 周到的She isto others.sensible与sensitivesensible: reasonable, having good sense实用的， 明知的awoman/idea/豁达的妇女/明知的观点clothes实用的衣服sensitive: quick to receive impression敏感的askinpaper感光纸continual与continuouscontinual: going on all the time without stopping or with only short breaks, stop and go repeatedly,连续的，断断续续的rain/noisecontinuous: going on without a break, an uninterrupted flow连续不断的fight/workintense与intensiveintense: high in degree强烈的， 剧烈的，高度的heat炽热/painanlady热情的女子intensive: deep and thorough精深的， 集中的reading/study彻底研究/agriculture密集农业respectable、respective与respectfulrespectable: deserving respect,值得尊敬的，有名望的aman/professionrespectful: showing respect尊敬人的，有礼貌的，He is alwaysto the elders.respective: belongs to each of these分别的，各自的They sat on theirchairs.imaginable、imaginary与imaginativeimaginable: that can be imagined可象想的difficultiesimaginary: existing only in the mind, unreal想象中的， 不真实的figureimaginative: of, having, using imagination有想象力的， 运用想象力的awriterintelligent、intelligible与intellectualintelligent: having, showing intelligence, clever有才智的,聪明的anlooking girlanswerintelligible: clear to mind, that can be easily understood.易了解的,易领悟的anspeech/explanationintellectual: possessing a great deal of knowledge知识的,智力的contemptible与contemptuouscontemptible: deserving contempt可卑的aliecontemptuous: showing contempt表示轻视的alookcredible、credulous与creditablecredible: that can be believed可信的， 可靠的awitnesscredulous: too ready to believe things.轻易相信的， 易上当的He always cheatspeople.creditable: that brings credit.可称赞的arecord/deed/effortalternate与alternativealternate: changing by turns轮流的， 交替的alternative: giving a choice between two things选择的， 两者选一的comparable与comparativecomparable可比较的， 有类似之处的There is no scenery comparable to that of the West parative比较而言的， 相当的He lived in comparative comfort recently.politic与politicalpolitic精明的political政治的beneficial与beneficentbeneficial有益的beneficent多多行善的official与officiousofficial官方的officious多管闲事的potent与potentialpotent强有力的potential潜在的， 可能的confident与confidentialconfident有信心的， 自信的confidential机密的negligent与negligiblenegligent忽视的， 粗心大意的negligible可忽视的momentary与momentousmomentary瞬时的， 短时的momentous重大的memorable与memorialmemorable值得记忆的， 不能忘却的memorial纪念的social与sociablesocial社会的sociable善社交的childish与childlikechildish幼稚的childlike孩子般的distinct与distinctivedistinct: clear明显的， 清晰的distinctive: characteristic独特的， 有区别的classic与classicalclassic一流的classical古典的comprehensible与comprehensivecomprehensible可理解的comprehensive全面的， 综合的disinterested与uninteresteddisinterested公平的uninterested冷淡的earthly与earthyearthly人间的， 尘世的earthy泥土似的effective有效的efficient有效率的effectual奏效的exceptionable与exceptionableexceptionable反对的exceptionable非凡的fatal与fatefulfatal致命的fateful决定性的fleshly与fleshyfleshly肉体的fleshy肥胖的homely与homelikehomely家常的homelike象家的im(un)practical与impracticableim(un)practical不切合实际的impracticable无法使用的ingenious与ingenuousingenious有独创性的ingenuous直率的， 天真的manly、masculine与malemanly男人气派的male男的masculine男性的movable与mobilemovable可移动的， 变动的mobile可动的，活动地mysterious与mysticalmysterious神秘的mystical奥妙的notable与notednotable著名的（指事）noted著名的（指人）practical与practicablepractical实际的practicable可行的， 通行的regretful与regrettableregretful遗憾的(指人）regrettable遗憾的 （指事）seasonable与seasonalseasonable及时的seasonal季节的spiritual与spirituousspiritual精神的spirituous酒精的tortuous与torturoustortuous弯曲的torturous受刑的transitory与transienttransitory短时间的 （指事）transient瞬时的 （指人）elementary与elementalelementary基本的elemental自然的healthy与healthfulhealthy健康的healthful有