1、在学习英语词汇中，有时同义词的辨析是很不容易的，我们一般从三方面进行区分，即：语法、语义和文体。语法主要是词性、搭配、句式等的区分；语义主要是词义的本义、引申义、比喻义和内涵和外延等的区分；文体主要是正式和非正式、褒义和贬义等的区分。 1.路way: Wherever there is room for an object to proceed, there is a way.road: A road is a prepared way for traveling with horses or vehicles.path: A way suitable to be traveled only
2、by foot passengers or by animals.route: A route is a line of travel, and may be over many roads.street: A street is in some centre of habitation, as a city town or village, when it passes between houses of dwellings.avenue: A avenue is a long, broad and imposing(庄严) or principal street.2.时代(期) (时期)p
3、eriod: It indicates any passage of time, great or small. /an extent of time of any length. (时代) time(s): It refers to a period in history. in ancient times/ in Victoria time (新时代)epoch: It indicates a long period of time marked by events or development of a particular kind. The first flight into spa
4、ce marked a new epoch in the history of mankind. (纪元) era: It refers to a very long period of time marked by a particular feature in a great new era of world revolution (时期) age: It shows a particular /a fairly definite period in history. the Bronze Age, Iron Age 3.战斗 (打仗) fight: It is a bodily stru
5、ggle (奋斗 斗争) struggle: An effort of any kind to overcome difficulty. (战斗)battle: A fight between armed forces. (战役) campaign: A series of related military operations in a war. (战争) war: A period of fight between countries or states when weapons are used and many people are killed.(对抗) combat: A figh
6、t, conflict, controversy.4.牧师 (教士 牧师) #priest: A person, esp. a man specially trained for various religious duties and ceremonies, in the Christian church, esp. in the Roman Catholic church (牧师) minister: A member of clergy, esp. Protestant churches. (牧师) clergy(pl): The officially appointed leader
7、of the religious activities of a particular church or temple. clergyman: clergymen(pl) a member of clergy. (牧师) pastor: A Christian religious leader in charge of a church and its members, esp. in a Protestant church. (教区牧师 ) vicar: A priest in charge of an area(parish) in the church of England.fathe
8、r: A little of respect for a priest, esp. in the Roman Catholic. 5.服装 clothing(collect): (fml) General term of clothes. clothes(no single): Coverings of the body such as coats, dresses, suits, shoes, hats. garment(fl): A suit of clothes used by actors./a single article of clothing. costume: 1) The f
9、ashion of dress peculiar to a people, nation, class, period, etc. 2) A dress worn by actors in a play. uniform: worn by all members of the community. dress: 1) A kind of outer garment worn by women (连衣裙). 2) worn on special occasions (礼服) evening dress/ morning dress suit: A set of outer clothes to
10、be worn together. evening suit/swimming suit coat: A garment with sleeves worn on top of other clothes from rain, heat, etc. overcoat: A warn coat worn in the street. 6.哭 cry: The most general one. (哭泣) weep: To let flow tears. (抽泣 抽嗒) sob: To weep or sigh with short quick breaths. (哭天抹泪 涕泪交流) snive
11、l: To sniffle and cry in a irritating manner. (哭嚎 又哭又闹) blubber: To cry loudly noisily. (发出低声报怨声) whine: To make a low complaining cry. (嚎哭) bawl: To utter loud cries (always in bad sense). (痛哭) wail: To cry aloud from pain or sorrow. (呻吟) moan: To make a low, miserable sound in pain or sorrow.(呻吟)
12、grown: To make a low sound of pain, unhappiness or disapproval (哀悼) mourn: To feel or show sadness or sorrow for someone who has died. (哀悼) lament: To express great sorrow or regret. 7.美丽 漂亮 good-looking: Having an attractive appearance in a strong, healthy way used for men and women not things. bea
13、utiful: ( a woman or a thing) Suggesting symmetry of features or perfection of proportion, elegance and mobility. beautiful flowers, a beautiful girl/voice/city/face beautiful weather. handsome: Of attractive appearance applies to men. a handsome fellow/actor/horse/buildings/young man. pretty: (a gi
14、rl, or a small thing) Suggesting liveliness and sweetness, pleasing or nice to look at. a pretty little woman/garden, a pretty girl/ picture/piece of music, lovely: (something) So beautiful that it makes you feel good to look at it or even to think about it. The garden looks lovely. fair: Beautiful(
15、 of woman in poet) light in color esp., skin hair. gorgeous: (persons or things) (inf) Extremely beautiful or handsome. 8.拉 拖 pull: The most general one. draw: It implies a smoother, steadier motion and generally a lighter force than pull. drag: It usually refers to horizontal motion or motion up an
16、 incline (slope) and it suggests laborious efforts over rough ground or against friction, resistance or gravity. The escaped prisoner was dragged out of his hiding place. haul: It implies continuous pulling or dragging of heavy or bulky objects. The fisherman is hauling a net. tug: It applies to har
17、d often sudden violent effort to pull. He tugged at my sleeve to ask directions. jerk: To pull suddenly. He jerked out the knife that was stuck in the wound. tow: To pull by a rope or chain. We towed the car to the nearest garage. wrench: To pull hard with a twisting or turning movement. 9.旋转 turn:
18、The most general one. (自转) spin: To turn quickly around a central point. It emphasizes the continuity of the action, and usually the narrow extent of the circular motion. The wheel is spinning on its axis. (急转) whirl: To round very fast. It implies the lock of conscious control. (转动) rotate: To turn
19、 round a fixed point with a circular movement. The earth rotates once every 24 hours. (绕转) revolve: To turn or move in a circle around a central point. It indicates circular or elliptical (椭圆) movement. The planets revolve around the sun. 10.生气 气愤 anger: The most general one. (易怒) be cross: Feeling
20、easy to get angry. (愤慨) indignation: (fml) Anger. It stresses righteous anger at what one considers unfair, mean or shameful. We expressed our indignation at the ruthless exploitation.(愤怒) wrath: Very treat anger. (literary) It suggests a desire on intent to revenge or punish. (狂怒) rage: Wild, viole
21、nt anger. It suggests loss of self- control from violence of emotion. in a rage /to fall into a rage. (暴怒) fury: Violent, extreme and destructive anger. She flew into a fury.11.错误 (误会) mistake: A wrong thought, act. It implies carelessness. Anyone can make a mistake. (过错 弱点) fault: A bad point, but
22、not of a serious moral kind. It refers to behavior and character. His only fault is that he lacks ambition. find fault with sb / at fault shortcoming: weakness, failing ; It refers to failures or deficiencies in things as well as people. In spite of all her shortcomings I still think shes one of the
23、 best teachers in the school. (疏忽) error: A mistake (formal sometimes literary) It implies deviation from a standard or model The accident was caused by human error. (缺点 毛病) defect: sth lacking or imperfect. It refers to quality. The radio was returned because of a defect. (失误 过失) blunder: A very st
24、upid or unnecessary mistake. It implies ignorance. This is the fatal blunder of his life. 12.图画 picture: The most general one. (彩图) painting: pictures with color. (绘画 图画) drawing: A picture made with a pen, pencil and crayon. Sketch, diagrams and graphs are all drawings. (草图) sketch: A rough not det
25、ailed drawing. (图解 图表) diagram: A drawing, figure that shows the arrangement of something. (曲线图) graph: A diagram in which a straight line, curved, or zigzag line shows how two sets of numbers or measurements are related. (插图) illustration: A picture to go with words of a book. (图样 草图) draft: The fi
26、rst rough written form of anything. (平面图) plan: A line drawing of a building as it might been seen from above. (主视图) elevation: A flat upright side of a building. (海图) chart: A map esp. a detailed map of a sea area. 13.特别 (专门的,与众不同的) special: Different in some way from what is common, ordinary, or u
27、sual. It stresses having a quality, character, identity, or use of its own. The tube contains special gases. (特别的) especial: (fml) To an usually great degree, exceptional; It emphasizes the importance of the things or the persons mentioned; This is a matter of especial importance. (个别的) particular:
28、Relating or belonging to only one thing or person. It stresses the distinctness of something as an individual which is worth notice. In that particular case, the rule doesnt hold.(适用) (特种的) specific: Detailed and exact, clear in meaning and explanation, fixed, determined.(used in scientific articles
29、) It implies a quality or character distinguishing a kind or a species. He gave me a very specific instruction. There is a specific tool for each job. (独特的) peculiar: Strange or perhaps unpleasant. It implies strangeness. He has a peculiar way of speaking.14.取消 消灭 (取消 解除) cancel: To give up, to decl
30、are something is to be effective. He has cancelled his leave of absence.(消假) (废除 废止) abolish: To do away with. It refers to practices, social institutions. Bad customs should be abolished. (消灭 排除) eliminate: To get rid of. We should eliminate the false and retain the true. (撤消 废除) repeal: To bring t
31、o an end of the effect of a law or an order. Some laws should be repealed. (根除 消灭) exterminate: To destroy completely and wholly. Colonialism must be exterminated.15.破碎 break: The most general one. (压碎 压破) crush: To press together violently as to break, to destroy its shape by squeezing it. It sugge
32、sts the effect of great external pressure. The tree fell on top of the car and crushed it. (打碎) smash: To break thoroughly to pieces with a crushing sound. She dropped the plate and smashed it. (打裂) crack: To break without separation of parts. It suggests the breaking out across a surface. He cracke
33、d the window by leaning against it. (破裂) burst: To break open by pressure from within. The fireworks burst while they were in the air. (砸碎 破碎) shatter: To break into pieces. It suggests the breaking up of a thin surface. The glass was shattered to pieces. (撞坏) crash: To refer to the vehicle which hi
34、ts something and is badly damaged.16.环境 形势 (环境 形势) conditions: The location and other factors likely to affect it. It suggests something that has stayed the same for some time and which affects daily life such as food, work, and houses. We are now studying the economic conditions in the developing c
35、ountries. (形势) situation: A position or state at a particular time, set of conditions, facts, and events having an effect on a person, society, etc. It suggests more general matters such as government planning and finance. The political situation in these countries are always changing.(环境 周围 外界) env
36、ironment: The circumstances, things and conditions that influence you. It refers to spirit aspect, physical aspect and material aspect. We must try to beautify our environment. (形势 情况 ) circumstance(s): A situation or event around us, a certain kind of atmosphere, the conditions that affect what hap
37、pens. in (under) the circumstances (环境 周围事物 ) surrounding(s): The area and environment around a place or person. It indicates a very narrow condition, “physically“ sometimes reflects spiritual aspect. They lived in hostile surroundings.17.著名的 well-known: (infl) famous: The most general one. widely k
38、nown or honored. (杰出的 知名的) distinguished: Great, outstanding marked by excellent quality or deserved fame, used especially of people who are famous for serious work in science, the arts etc. He was a distinguished writer. (驰名的) celebrated: Famous, (substitute for renowned) It refers objectively to s
39、b or something that has been give acclaim or honoured with awards or prizes. She was a celebrated actress. renowned: Highly honored and famous for something good. often refers to places or things, also It suggests something that has become legendary or is no longer available for an objective evaluat
40、ion. Edison was renowned for his inventions. noted: Well-known and admired It often describes a more intellectual kind of effort and accomplishment indicating an authority or expert or their theories. Maybe it is not widely known to the general public. He was a very noted expert. (臭名昭著) notorious: F
41、amous for something bad. He is notorious for his crimes.18.强盗 thief: The most general one. (强盗) robber: It suggests a direct confrontation in which the owner is forced to give up his valuables. (行凶强劫) mugger: A person who attacks and robs people in a street or in a lift. burglar: A person who breaks
42、 into a house at night to steal something. (歹徒 暴徒) gangster: A member of a group of criminals, esp. those who are armed and use guns to threaten. (匪徒) bandit: an armed robber. It suggests an organized group in a rural setting. (土匪) brigand: A robber who lives by robbing travelers in the country. (海盗
43、) pirate: A person who robs on the sea.19.摇动,颤动 shake: The most general one. to move up and down or back and forth. It refers to persons or things. (发抖) quiver: To tremble a little. It suggests a rapid but invisible vibration. His lips quivered with emotion. (颤抖) tremble: To shake uncontrollably and
44、 slightly as from fear, cold, excitement etc. It implies uneasiness and nervousness. Her voice trembled as she began to sing. (瞬间发抖) shiver: To tremble from fear or cold. It suggests a slight and rapid movement. He stood shivering in the snow. (极度颤动) quake: to shake or tremble violently. It suggests
45、 a more violent and sudden change. He quaked with excitement. An explosion cam make the ground quake. (抽筋般颤动) shudder: To shake uncontrollably for a movement. It suggests a more intense shaking. She shuddered at the sight of a snake.20.说话 谈话 (说话) speak: To use your voice to say words. (说) say: To sp
46、eak words. (发出声音) utter: To make sound and say words. drawl: To speak in a slow, prolonged manner. mutter: To express displeasure with compressed lips. rave: To talk in an angry, uncontrolled way. gabble: To talk rapidly, making inarticulate sounds. (谈论) remark: To mention it or comment on it. (陈述)
47、state: To say, express or put into words, esp. formally. He stated his view. (讲述) narrate: To tell formally in writing or speech or describe something in order with intonation. He narrated his adventure in the forest. (详述) relate: To tell formally in details, to give an account of. He related his ex
48、periences. (讲演) address: To say in speech or writing to a person or group.tell: To let people know about something. talk: To say things to someone. converse: To talk formally. The scholars are conversing with each other on linguistics. chat: To talk in a friendly, familiar, informal manner. The two
49、friends sat in a corner and chatted. chatter: To talk continuously rapidly about small things. The schoolgirls went along chattering. whisper: To talk in a low voice. She whispered me not to talk so loudly. murmur: To make a soft sound, esp. to speak or say in a quiet voice. He often murmurs to himself. (闲谈) gossip: To talk about the details of other peoples actions and private lives which may not correct or proper. That woman is very fond of gossiping about others. stammer: To speak with pauses and repea
