在英语四级考试中,考生们常常会遇到很多近义词,往往对其含义难以区分。今天,外语在线学习平台北外网课老师就整理了一些容易混淆的近义词,帮助大家辨析。
1.able, capable, competent
able
为常用词,指具有做某事所需的力量,技巧,知识与时间等,一般下效率无关,用
作定语表示能力超出平均水平。如:
A cat is able to see in the dark.
capable
指满足一般要求的能力,可以是表现出来的,也可是潜在的,搭配是be capable of +doing用作定语,表示的能力没有able表示的能力强。
如:
He is capable of running a mile
in a minute. He is a very capable doctor.
competent
指“胜任”,“合格”,或受过专业技术等训练的,但不是超群的能力。如:
A doctor should be competent to treat manydiseases.
2. aboard, abroad, board, broad
aboard 在船(或飞机,车)上。如:
I never went aboard a ship.
abroad
副词,在国外或海外。如:
He often goes abroad.
board
为动词,上(船,飞机,车)。如:
The passengers are boarding the plane now.
broad
为形容词,宽广的。如:
He has very broad shoulders.
3. accomplish, complete, finish, achieve,attain
accomplish
表成功,强调完成的结果而不是过程。如:
Because of his hard word, things are accomplished.(由于他的努力,事情都已完成了。)
complete
表示积极的完成,更具体地指建筑、工程等的完成。如:
Has he complete his novel yet?
finish 最常用,后接动词的-ing形式,表示在一个活动的连续过程中完成了最后的一步或阶段。如:
I’ll finish the jobalone.
achieve
完成,实现,强调通过努力而达到目的。
如:
You will achieve success if youwork hard.
Attain
达到,实现,常用于一般人的能力不易达到的目的。如:
Greater efforts are needed
before we can attain our goals.
4. accurate, correct, exact, precise
accurate准确的,精确的。如:
Clocks in railway stations should beaccurate.(
correct
“正确的”,指符合一定的标准或准则,含有“无错误的”意味。它的反义词是incorrect, wrong.
exact
“精确的”,“恰好的”,比“大体上正确”更进一步,表“丝毫不差”。它的反义词是inexact。
precise强调“精确”,“精密”。