大学英语四级考试常见易混淆词语归纳总结.doc

大学英语四级考试写作关键词及短语汇总(一)一些a range of ; a variety of ; a series of ; an array of无数innumerable ; countless许多plenty of ; many ; much ; a great deal of ; a lot of ; ample非常多(大)的tremendous依序列举list in sequence时间词过时的outdated ; antiquated ; outmoded ; obsolete ; anachronistic短暂的ephemeral ; transitory ; transient ; short-lived不合时宜的anachronism可持久的durable ; last a long time一再time after time ; again and again初始的preliminary前述的aforementioned ; aforesaid ; former自古到今from ancient times to the present day ; down through the ages年轻人young people ; youngster ; youth ; young adult老式的old-fashioned ; out of date ; dated偶尔from time to time ; now and then ; once in a while ; at times时常often ; frequently ; repeatedly永远的eternal ; perpetual ; lasting throughout life重整办事优先顺序reshape priorities目前so far ; by far一次就可完成的事one-time event正/反意见(opinion)骂yell at ; reprimand ; chide ; scold ; reprove支持support ; endorse ; back up ; uphold谴责condemn ; express strong disapproval of错的mistaken ; erroneous ; wrong incorrect错事wrongdoing ; had acts ; misbehavior做相反的do the reverse of ; do the opposite归咎blameon ; put the blame on ; is to blame瓦解disintegrate ; break up ; separate into small parts支持某一方in favor of ; on the side of不会犯错的infallible意见不和clashes of opinion一致的unanimous ; in complete agreement不恰当inappropriate ; improper ; unsuitable ; inadequate批判criticize ; blame; find fault with ; make judgments of the merits and faults of我们想念we are convinced that; we are certain that.我愿意I incline to; I am inclined to; I am willing to; I tend to有用的useful ; of use; serviceable; good for; instrumental; productive有意义的meaningful; fulfilling他们不愿承认这一点they have always been reluctant to admit this在大家同意下by common consent of否定deny; withhold; negate承认admit; acknowledge; confess; concede于事无补of no help; of no avail; no use使受益benefit; do good to; is good for; is of great benefit to想法frame of mind; mind set; the way one is thinking想出come up with找出come up with; find out利用use; take advantage of夸耀brag about; boast about; show off; speak too highly of照顾take care of; take charge of; attend to; watch over对很了解have a deep knowledge of对抗权威stand up against authority; resisit boldly the authority对有信心have confidence in说清楚articulate; verbalize; put in words; utter接受之美意embrace the offer of累积amass; accumulate; heap up; assemble连系tact; get in touch with; contact with排除这可能性rule out the possibility等于is equivalent to; equal选择choose; elect; opt for; pick; single out发出deliver; give out; hand over绕路detour; take a detour; take a roundabout way禁止进入is kept out; is barred from小看make little of坏了out of order; on the blink; is not working分别distinguish between; make a distinction between; tellfrom 依靠count on; depend on忽视neglect; give too little care to存在come to be; come into existence; come to birth; come into being考虑consider; take into consideration; take into account考虑到in consideration of用尽力气exhaust ones strength; use up ones strength开动initiate; set going准备brace for; prepare for在于lie in; rest on; rest with主动take the initiative不算exclusive of; not counting; leaving out应该得到deserve; have right to; is worthy of避免avoid; shun; get around; circumvent幻想fantasy; play of the mind以此标准来算by this criterion; by this standard乍看之下at first glance面对in the face of; in the presence of以by means of; by virtue of; by the use of不惜代价at all costs每况愈下from bad to worse承受错误造成的后果in reaping the harvest of his mistakes取得同意get the go-ahead to不择手段unscrupulously; by hook or by crook想法与作法beliefs and practices内情ins and outs; turns and twists关键时刻the critical moment虽然although; notwithstanding; albeit; though根据according to; on the basis of; on the ground of (that); in the light of; in line with; in accordance with逃避问题evade the question增大enlarge; extend; aggrandize澄清clarify; make clear赔偿compensate for; giveas compensation for实现carry out; implement; realize; makecome true假定suppose; assume; postulate; hypothesize极端的radical; extreme极端的措施drastic measures剩下的the rest; the remainder; what is left换言之in other words; put another way结果result; aftermath; consequence优点advantage; strength; strong point; merit; benefit简言之put simply; in short; in brief; in a nutshell举例而言for instance; for example; to illustrate; let us cite 特别是an illustration; to cite a concrete case特别是especially; more than others; particularly; in particular既然now that; seeing that迹象inkling; hint; clue; a slight suggestion缺点disadvantage; demerit; shortcoming; drawback; weakness除去do away with; eliminate; remove; get rid of缺少for lack of; for a deficiency of毕竟after all; all in all范围scope; field; realm潜力potential;行为conduct; behavior; doings隔绝isolate; insulate分辨出identify; recognize不易懂的elusive; hard to understand展开unfold回馈feedback主导的人物a dominant figure; a controlling man; the most influential person观点viewpoint; point of view; perspective; standpoint正在进行中is underway只是一种姿态is merely a gesture立场position; stand; stance意向inclination; leaning; intention特权privilege; a special right来自stem from; come from一件事的不同说法alternative statements of fact交织intertwine; interweave 好奇心the eager desire to know; curiosity尊敬respect; esteem; think highly of顽固的headstrong; obstinate; stubborn暗淡的gloomy; dark; dim巨大的huge; gigantic; colossal; vast; enormous; tremendous探索explore; fathom执行carry out; execute; do现代modern times; modern age; contemporary age偏见prejudice; bias; partiality; predilection混乱chaos; commotion; confusion; disturbance; tumult无弹性(僵硬)rigid无缺点的flawless; airtight无药可救incurable无法避免的unavoidable; inevitable细密的计划elaborate plan取消cancel; annul; abolish解药a cure for; a remedy for;谜puzzle; riddle; enigma机会平等equality of opportunity较有影响力的国家a predominant country遵守abide by; conform to; observe; comply with热情的passionate; ardent; zealous模糊的ambiguous; vague; obscure影响长远的far-reaching失望despair; loss of hope; without hope幼稚childish; childlike; na飗e挑剔的picky; choosy; fastidious破坏destroy; ruin; break to pieces; devasate技巧的skillful; adept; dexterousNextPage警觉的alert; watchful; on guard; wary of忍受bear; put up with; endure; stand证据evidence; facts; proof; grounds; testimony很容易地easily; with little problem; with little hindrance令人惊讶的amazing; astonishing; astounding生动的报导vivid description争取compete for; try hard to win遗产heritage; legacy; inheritance保护protect; safeguard; preserve; shelter了解understand; comprehend; catch the meaning of; catch on 汇露reveal; make known; disclose放大amplify; magnify; enlarge动力impetus; driving force; momentum自满的complacent第一流的first-rate; excellent安全处refuge; asylum; haven; sanctuary强调emphasize; stress; highlight短视的决定short-sighted decision真正的genuine; authentic; real怪异的eccentric; peculiar; odd明显的distinct; clear; explicit; obvious得到的注意capture ones attention事事干涉的meddlesome; interfering背景setting; background假的fake; false; counterfeit夸大报导dramatize退步setback 古人the ancients古老的old; ancient; archaeic逃犯infringe (on); violate使害怕intimidate; frighten带来生气enliven对手rival吸引人的intriguing旁观者onlooker准确地说to be exact; to be precise; precisely突然醒悟it dawned on me that仔细思考之后after long deliberation; after careful thought对比及其相关用词可互换的interchangeable可与相比is comparable with (to)普遍的prevailing; common; prevalent是一个对比is a sharp contrast to比作is likened to; is compared to多样化的heterogeneous单一性的homogeneous一般而言in general; generally speaking; by and largeNextPage满于现状be happy with what you are预测未来project into the future另一个观点是 looking at the matter is不宜取笑 it is not decent to make fun of评估社会文化因素 assess (evaluate) sociocultural factors那并非说 that does not mean that那有这回事 there is no such thing as一个有待克服的困难是 a major hurdle for us to overcome is由造成 caused by; attributable to; due to; resulting from由组成 is made up of; is comprised of; consist必须问题this problem needs to be considered on two dimensions:限制limit; restrict; refrain; restrain; keep within limits; confine; keep in check一般人认为 conventional wisdom suggests that这方法有陷阱the method had pitfalls:说服convince; persuade; cause to believe具体的specific; concrete; tangible刻意的intentional; on purpose; intended费时间去了解take time to acquaint oneself with是此问题的核心 is at the 无法估计is beyond calculation; incalculable无资格的disqualified大学英语四级考试常见易混淆词语归纳总结advice (n.) 忠告，建议advise (v.) 向建议，忠告adapt (v.) 适应，适合；改编，改写adopt (v.) 采纳，通过；收养effort (n) 努力,成就.affect (v.) 影响；感动effect (n.) (v.) 影响，作用，结果；效果；产生，招致angel (n.) 天使angle (n.) 解，角度；方面；观点all together (短语)一起，一道altogether (adv.) 全部地，完全；总共；总之assure 使放心，使确信；保证，担保；保险ensure (v.) 确保，保证insure (v.) 保险，给保险；保证注：assure强调肯定地保证，试图使人相信，常用于assure sb. of sth.或assure sb.that(从句)中，在当保证得到、保险讲时，等于ensure 和insure。ensure的意思是肯定、确信某事，常用于ensure sth.或ensure sb. that结构中。insure最主要的意思是保险，投保。clash (v.) 碰撞；(n.) 碰撞声crash 摔坏；坠毁；失败；(n.) 失败，瓦解；爆炸声，撞击声comprise (v.) 包括，包含，构成compose (v.) 组成，构成；创作试比较：The United States comprises 50 states.(包括)The committee comprise seven members.(由组成)Our party is composed of teachers and students.(由组成)Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.(由构成)compliment (v.) 称赞，恭维；(n.) 问好，致意，赞扬complement (v.) 补充；(n.) 补语consciousness (n.) 意识，觉悟，自觉conscience (n.) 良心，良知considerable (adj.) 相当大(多)的，可观的；