英语同义词近义词辨析

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很多单词意思相近却不知道该用哪个？来辨析一下同义词、近义词，还有易混淆词……这些单词和词组意思看起来差不多，到底哪些是可以换用的，哪些有细微区别呢？或是意思一样，使用场合不一样？每集讲5~6个意思相关的单词或词组，有中英文释义，例句，英美报刊所使用这个词的句子用法，还有 Did you know，关于这个词有趣的小故事。内容参照Merriam-Webster online dictionary和Linsay Knight 主编的《简明英语同义词宝库》（外研社出版）整理而成。...

  1. 07/14/2021

    black, dark, pitch-black, inky, jet-black, ebony

    black Without any color or brightness 黑色的 // She wore black stockings to match her dress. 她穿了一双黑色丝袜配她的连衣裙。 dark Dark can mean giving out very little light 深色的 // Her dark hair matched her dark clothes. 她深色的头发和深色的衣服很配。 pitch-black Pitch-black means very black or dark 乌黑的 // The pitch-black clouds loomed on the horrizon. 地平线上浮现出乌黑的云朵。 inky Inky means as black as ink. 墨黑的，黑乎乎的 // He disappeared completely into the inky shadows. 他完全消失在墨黑的阴影中。 jet-black Jet-blach means of a deep, glossy black color, like the shiny coal of the same name 乌黑发亮的 // He groomed Black Beauty until his jet-black coat shone in the sun. 他为那匹叫“黑美人”的马梳毛，直到马身上乌黑的毛在阳光下发亮。 ebony Ebony means black, like the valuable wood of the same name （像乌檀木一样）乌黑的 // The cat stared at me through its large, ebony eyes. 那只猫用又大又黑的眼珠瞪着我。

    3 min

  2. 06/24/2021

    stupid, dull, dense, crass, dumb

    STUPID, DULL, DENSE, CRASS, DUMB mean lacking in power to absorb ideas or impressions.  stupidsilly or unwise; showing poor judgment or little intelligence 愚蠢的，糊涂的，欠考虑的STUPID implies a slow-witted or dazed state of mind that may be either congenital or temporary.   // She was really stupid to quit her job like that. 她就那样辞掉了工作，简直是愚蠢透顶。// How could you be so stupid? 你怎么会这么傻？// stupid students just keeping the seats warm 愚蠢的学生们只是把座位坐热 dullnot intelligent 不聪明的，愚笨的DULL suggests a slow or sluggish mind such as results from disease, depression, or shock.// monotonous work that leaves the mind dull 单调乏味的工作让头脑迟钝 densestupid 蠢的，笨的DENSE implies a thickheaded imperviousness to ideas.  // There are some really dense people in our class. 我们班有些人特别笨。// too dense to take a hint 太迟钝了，听不懂暗示 crassstupid and without considering how other people might feel 不考虑他人感受的，愚蠢的CRASS suggests a grossness of mind precluding discrimination or delicacy.// a crass remark 蠢话// crass behaviour/ignorance 愚蠢的行为／愚昧无知// a crass error of judgment 愚蠢的判断错误// crass ignorance 愚昧无知 dumbstupid 愚蠢的DUMB applies to an exasperating obtuseness or lack of comprehension. // What a dumb idea! 这想法太蠢了！// Are they brave or just dumb? 他们是勇敢还是愚蠢？// too dumb to figure out what's going on 太蠢了，搞不清楚发生了什么

    4 min

  3. 06/23/2021

    boring, dull, tedious, stale, monotonous, humdrum

    boring not interesting or exciting 烦人的，乏味的，无聊的 // a boring lecture 一个枯燥的讲座 // It's boring to sit on the plane with nothing to read. 坐在飞机上没东西可读真是无聊。 // The movie was so boring I fell asleep. 这部电影非常乏味，我都睡着了。 dull not interesting or exciting in any way 枯燥的，乏味的，无趣的 // He's pleasant enough, but deadly dull. 他很和善，但太乏味。 // She wrote dull, respectable articles for the local newspaper. 她为当地报纸写一些乏味的官样文章。 tedious long and boring 单调乏味的，无趣的；冗长的  // a tedious public ceremony 乏味的公开仪式 // a tedious job 单调乏味的工作 // The problem is I find most forms of exercise so tedious. 问题是我觉得大多数形式的锻炼都很乏味。 stale boring because too familiar; not fresh and new 过时的，老套的，没有新意的 // stale jokes/news 老掉牙的笑话／过时的新闻 used to describe someone who has lost interest in what they are doing because of being bored or working too hard（对所做之事）厌倦的，腻烦的 // They had been working together for over five years and they had both become a little stale. 他们两个已经在一起共事5年多了，彼此都有一点儿厌倦。 monotonous not changing and therefore boring 单调乏味的，毫无变化的 // a monotonous job 单调的工作 // a monotonous voice 单调的声音 // The music became monotonous after a while. 过了一会儿音乐变得单调起来。 // The rehabilitation process has been monotonous and nonstop. 康复过程是单调和不间断的。 — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 18 June 2021 humdrum having no excitement, interest, or new and different events 乏味的，单调的，令人厌倦的   // We lead such a humdrum life/existence. 我们的生活／日子过得真是乏味。 // Most of the work is fairly humdrum. 这工作大部分都相当单调。

    5 min

  4. 06/22/2021

    sophisticated, worldly-wise, blase

    Sophisticated, worldly-wise, blasé mean experienced in the ways of the world. sophisticated 精于世故的，老练的；见多识广的；很有品位的 having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion // Guests at her salon were usually rich and sophisticated. 她沙龙里的客人通常都很有钱，见多识广。  worldly-wise  老于世故的；圆滑的 possessing a practical and often shrewd understanding of human affairs and able to deal with most situations // Tyler is remarkably worldly-wise for such a young girl. 就这么年轻的一个女孩来说，泰勒相当世故。 // a worldly-wise woman with a philosophy of personal independence 具有个人独立哲学的世故女性  blasé 不稀罕的，玩厌了的；司空见惯的 bored or not excited, or wishing to seem so  apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment // He flies first class so often, he's become blasé about it. 他经常坐飞机头等舱，所以已经不稀罕了。 // blasé travelers who claimed to have been everywhere 声称已经去过任何地方的冷漠旅行者们

    4 min

  5. 06/21/2021

    bored, tired of, sick of, fed up

    bored feeling unhappy because something is not interesting or because you have nothing to do 感到无聊的，感到厌烦的 // It was a cold, wet day and the children were bored. 那是一个阴冷而潮湿的日子，孩子们都很无聊。 // I enjoyed my course at first, but after a time I got bored with it. 起初我很喜欢我的课程，但过了一段时间我就厌倦了。 // He was getting bored with/of doing the same thing every day. 每天都做同样的事他感到很厌倦。 tired of to be annoyed by something 对……感到厌烦 // I am tired of all the speculation. 我厌倦了所有的猜测。 // I was tired of being a bookkeeper. 我厌倦了当记账员。 // Consumers are tired of brands saying one thing, and doing another. 消费者厌倦了品牌说一套做一套。 — Sonia Thompson, Forbes, 30 May 2021 // Some residents are tired of the drumbeat of financial issues from the city government. 一些居民厌倦了市政府对财政问题的鼓吹。 — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2021 sick of  to have experienced too much of something or someone with the result that you are annoyed 厌烦，对……感到厌倦 // I'm sick of my job. 我对自己的工作感到厌烦。 // I'm sick of him whining about money. 我讨厌他抱怨钱的事。 // I am sick and tired of hearing all these people moaning. 我厌倦了听到这些人的呻吟。  fed up bored, annoyed, or disappointed, especially by something that you have experienced for too long 厌倦的，厌烦的，失望的 // I'm fed up with my job. 我厌倦了我的工作。 // I'm fed up with cleaning up after you all the time. 我受够了一直跟着你后面打扫卫生。 // Residents are fed up with the disturbance caused by the nightclub. 居民们受够了夜总会的扰乱。 contrasting word: excited

    4 min

  6. 06/09/2021

    blue, azure, navy, aqua, sapphire

    blue, azure, navy, aqua, sapphire Blue means having the colour of a clear sky 蓝色的 // We searched anxiously for signs of rain clouds in the blue sky. 我们急切地在蓝天中搜索雨云的迹象。 Azure means having a sky blue colour. 天蓝色的// I'm going to use that azure glaze on my pot. 我的壶上要用天蓝色的釉彩。  Navy means having a very dark blue colour. 藏青色的，海军蓝的// He was wearing a navy sweater. 他穿着一件深蓝色的毛衣。 Aqua means of a greenish-blue colour 浅蓝带绿色的，水绿色的// Boats bobbed up and down on the aqua sea. 船只在浅蓝色的海中颠簸。 Sapphire means having a deep blue colour （蓝宝石般的）深蓝色，宝蓝色// As evening approached the lake took on a sapphire hue. 夜晚降临时湖水呈现深蓝色。

    3 min

  7. 09/20/2020

    busy, industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous

    BUSY, INDUSTRIOUS, DILIGENT, ASSIDUOUS, SEDULOUS mean actively engaged or occupied.  busy engaged in action 忙碌的；忙于…的；专注的 BUSY chiefly stresses activity as opposed to idleness or leisure.  // She's busy studying. 她正在学习。 // Mum was busy in the kitchen. 妈妈在厨房里忙着呢。 // too busy to spend time with the children  太忙而无法与孩子们共度时光 industrious  constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : DILIGENT 勤劳的，勤奋的 INDUSTRIOUS implies characteristic or habitual devotion to work.  // industrious employees 勤劳雇员 // She's extremely competent and industrious. 她非常能干而且勤劳。 // But industrious American teens can still side-load the app, working around domestic restrictions to get software from abroad. — Zheping Huang, Bloomberg.com, "ByteDance Chief Reconsiders TikTok Options After New China Rules," 1 Sep. 2020 diligent characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic effort : PAINSTAKING 认真刻苦的，勤奋的，勤劳的 DILIGENT suggests earnest application to some specific object or pursuit.  // Their lawyer was extremely diligent in preparing their case. 律师为他们这个案子做了认真扎实的准备。 // She's very diligent in her pursuit of a degree. 她对学位的追求非常努力刻苦。 done in a careful and detailed way 细致的，潜心的 // The discovery was made after years of diligent research. 这一发现是数年潜心研究的成果。 // But health officials caution that the numbers can change quickly and schools and families will need to remain diligent to limit the spread of the coronavirus among students and staff. assiduous showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application 专心致志的；兢兢业业的；勤勉的 ASSIDUOUS stresses careful and unremitting application.  // assiduous research/efforts 锲而不舍的研究／努力 // assiduous practice 刻苦练习 // The government has been assiduous in the fight against inflation. 政府一直在不遗余力地遏制通货膨胀。 sedulous involving or accomplished with careful perseverance 小心的，勤奋的，刻苦的 SEDULOUS implies painstaking and persevering application.  // a sedulous investigation of the murder 对谋杀案进行认真调查 // a sedulous student 刻苦的学生 Did You Know? You're more likely to be diligent about something if you love doing it. The etymology of diligent reflects the fact that affection can lead to energetic effort. The word, which entered English in the 14th century by way of Anglo-French, descends from the Latin verb diligere, meaning "to value or esteem highly" or "to love." Of course, you don’t need to care for the task at hand in order to be diligent, but it certainly does help!

    7 min

  8. 09/08/2020

    bright, brilliant, radiant, luminous, lustrous, shining, shiny, glowing

    bright full of light, shining 明亮的，光线充足的 BRIGHT implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light.  // bright sunshine 明媚的阳光 // The rooms are bright and airy. 房间明亮通风。 // The lights are too bright in here - they're hurting my eyes. 这里的灯太亮了，刺伤我的眼睛。 brilliant very bright  明亮的 BRILLIANT implies intense often sparkling brightness. // a brilliant light 灿烂的光芒 // I was dazzled by a brilliant light. 灿烂的光芒使我眼花缭乱 // a brilliant star in the sky 天空中的一颗璀璨的星星 radiant radiating rays or reflecting beams of light 发光的，明亮的，辐射的（热或光），放射的，发散的 RADIANT stresses the emission or seeming emission of rays of light.  // a radiant morning 一个灿烂的早晨 // a radiant star 一颗发光的星星 * obviously very happy, or very beautiful 喜气洋洋的；容光焕发的；光彩照人的 // a radiant smile 灿烂的微笑 // radiant eyes 容光焕发的眼睛 luminous producing or reflecting bright light (especially in the dark) （尤指在黑暗中）发亮的，放光的；夜光的 LUMINOUS implies emission of steady, suffused, glowing light by reflection or in surrounding darkness.  // luminous clothing 夜光服 // I saw the cat's luminous eyes in my car's headlights. 我在车前灯中看到猫的发光眼睛。 // a watch with a luminous dial 带有夜光表盘的手表 lustrous very shiny 闪亮的，光彩熠熠的 LUSTROUS stresses an even, rich light from a surface that reflects brightly without glittering.  // long, lustrous hair 光亮的长发 // lustrous silver jewelry adorned her neck 有光泽的银饰点缀她的脖子 Luminous, like its synonyms radiant, shining, glowing, and lustrous, is generally a positive adjective, especially when it describes something that doesn't literally glow, such as a face, a performance, or a poem.  shining emitting or reflecting light  // the shining moon shiny A shiny surface is bright because it reflects light（表面）有光泽的，光亮的 // beautiful shiny hair 美丽有光泽的头发 // shiny black shoes 锃亮的黑皮鞋 glowing producing light // a glowing computer screen 发光的电脑屏幕 English Language Definition: very enthusiastic : full of praise 热烈赞扬的；热情洋溢的 // His latest book has received glowing reviews. 他的近作好评如潮。 // In her speech, she paid a glowing tribute to her predecessor. 她在发言中热烈赞扬了她的前任。

    6 min
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很多单词意思相近却不知道该用哪个？来辨析一下同义词、近义词，还有易混淆词……这些单词和词组意思看起来差不多，到底哪些是可以换用的，哪些有细微区别呢？或是意思一样，使用场合不一样？每集讲5~6个意思相关的单词或词组，有中英文释义，例句，英美报刊所使用这个词的句子用法，还有 Did you know，关于这个词有趣的小故事。内容参照Merriam-Webster online dictionary和Linsay Knight 主编的《简明英语同义词宝库》（外研社出版）整理而成。...

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