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【英语词汇】易混近似词解析

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1. contribute, distribute, attribute

  词根:tribute,:贡品、献礼.前缀con-:共同、一起,con + tribute '贡品一起'引为'贡献、捐献';dis-:分开,dis + tribute '分贡品'就是'分发';at- 可表原因,at + tribute '表述奉献贡品之由'引为'归因于'.

  (1) Song Dynasty contributed three inventions to world civilization. 宋朝有三大发明对世界文明做出了贡献.

  (2) The organizing committee distributed prizes

  among the winners. 组委会把奖品分发给了获胜者.

  (3) He attributes his success to his hard work. 他认为他的成就是他刻苦的结果.

 

2. contend, content

  词根:tend:伸张、奋力,con + tend'一起伸张'乃'竞争、角逐';tent:保持、容纳,con + tent'保持在一起的东西'就是'目录、容量'.

  例1) The content of the report concerns the new building plans.

  报告的内容涉及新的建筑计划.

  (2) A good teacher can contend with several problems at the same time.

  好教师能同时应付几个难题.

 

3.inspect, respect, expect, prospect

  词根:spect,看;前缀in-:里面、内,in + spect '看里面'乃为'检查';re-:反复、回,re + spect '回头反复看'是为'尊重';ex-:外面、出,ex + spect '看外面'是在'期待';pro-:前、朝前,pro + spect '朝前看'就是'展望、前景'.

  (1) The customs inspectors are inspecting the outgoing baggage. 海关稽查员正在检查出关的行李.

  (2) The candidate is widely respected and expected to be elected mayor of this city. 候选人广受尊重,有望当选为该市市长.

  (3) I see little much prospect of his company. 我看他公司发展前景渺茫.

 

4. statue, status, stature

   词根:stat站立.stat + ue 雕像;stat + us 地位、身份;stat + ure 身材、身高.

  例:The artist in imposing stature enjoys high social status, for he’s made a series of classical statues.

  那位身材魁梧的艺术家因塑造了系列经典雕像而享有盛名.

5. infer, refer, prefer, confer

 词根:fer拿、携带;前缀in-:内、里面,in + fer '拿内含的东西'乃'推断';re-:回,往原处,re + fer '反复拿书或资料'就是'参考、查阅';pre-:前面,pre + fer'拿在前面,先拿'肯定是'喜欢';con-:共同、一起,con + fer '在对话中共同采纳'引为'协商、商议'.

  例: (1) What can you infer from this passage?

  你能从该短文中推断出什么?

  (2) When writing papers, we have to refer to a lot of references concerned.

  写论文时我们得查阅许多有关资料.

  (3) It is a good idea to ask what your guests prefer to drink before you bring in the refreshments.

  端上茶点之前最好先问一下你的客人喜欢喝什么饮料.

  (4) We need to confer with the whole committee before making this important decision.

  在做出这一重大决策之前,我们必须与全体委员交换意见.


                                                                                                                             
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