英语专业必备形近词辨析50例.doc

英语专业必备形近词辨析50例（绝对实用）[hide][/hide]1.adherence和adhesion这两个词都是“粘附的”意思adherence 用于比喻的意思例如：His adherence to the strict letter of the law.adhesion 是指物质上的 2. adjacent，adjoining和contiguous这些词都有next to“紧挨”的意思adjacent“毗邻的，邻近的”，但它们可能并不相互直接接触adjoining和contiguous指相互接触，通常之间有一个edge或boundary 3.admission和admittance它们都有“the act of entering”的意思但admission用于公共场合The price of admission to the gallery is ￡5.admittance不指公共场合，一般指私人的住所 4. adopted和adoptiveadopted“收养的，过继的” an adopted son (daughter)养子(女)；my adopted country我所入籍的国家; adopted words外来语。

adoptive“收养的”，我们说adoptive parents,但很少说adoptive child;“采用的”，“假冒的”an adoptive courage 假充勇敢5.adverse和averseadverse“不利的，反对的”，用于事，不用于人adverse weather conditions; an adverse reaction.averse“嫌恶的，反对的，不乐意的”，常和“to”一起使用，而且用否定形式 6.advise和adviceadvise“劝告”(动词)；advice“劝告”(名词) 7.affect和effectaffect v.“影响”，它的第二个意思是“假装”Though she affectes indifference, I knew she was really very upset.effect n.“结果”，“效力” “产生”，“导致”，它比“to cause, to bring out”更为正式His aim was to effect a radical change in the party structure. 8.all ready和alreadyall ready意思是“completely prepared”already“已经”。

He had already had his lunch. 9.altogether和all togetheraltogether (in total)“总共”all together意思是“in a group”如：We put the sheep all together in one field.这两个词还可以分开We put all the sheep together in one field. 10. allude和eludeallude“暗指”，“暗示”，“(婉转)提到”elude (to avoid or escape)“闪避，躲避”如:to elude sib’s grasp逃脱，没有被逮住；to elude the law规避法律The meaning eludes me.那个意义我摸不透11.illusion和delusionillusion“幻觉，错觉”be under no illusion about sth.对某事不存幻想delusion“欺骗，迷惑”He suffers from the delusion that he's attractive to women.他糊里糊涂地认为自己对女人很有吸引力。

12.amended和emendamended (to alter or add to something)“订正，改正”，“修正(议案等)”an amended bill修正案；amend one's ways改过自新emend (to correct errors in)“校订”emend the text of a book校勘某书；He emended the typescript before sending it to the printers.在交付印刷之前他校正文稿13.amicable和amiable这两个词都是指“友好的”意思amicable“友好的，亲切的”指行为或情景The discussions were amicable, though business-like.讨论虽然是商业形式,但是友好的amiable“可爱的，和蔼可亲的”Many people are afraid of him, though I found him to be perfectly amiable.虽然我发现他特别和蔼可亲，但还是有很多人害怕他 14.assent和ascentassent 可用作“agreement”“同意”或“agree”“同意”。

ascent n.“上升，晋升”the ascent of mountain登山 15.avert和avoidavert“防止，避免”avoid“回避，逃避”avoid bad company避免和坏人来往；I cannot avoid seeing him.我不能不见他 16.besides和besidebesides意思是“in addition to”“加之，还有，另外”；beside“在……旁边”，“在……一侧”Duncan is the tall man standing beside my father.站在我爸爸旁边的高个子男子是邓肯 17.coherence和cohesioncoherence“统一，一致性”；cohesion“结合力，团结”the cohesion of molecules分子的结合力 18. compare with和compare tocompare with“和……比起来”compare to“好比”He compared the moon to a silver plate.他把月亮比成一个大银盘 19.impel和compelimpel“推动，驱使，激励”。

impel sb. to do sth.激励某人做某事；compel“强迫，胁迫，迫使”compel sb. to one's will强迫人服从自己 plement和complimentcomplement“补足(物)，补全”，“补足语”compliment“恭维话，赞辞，敬意”; Your presence is a great compliment.承蒙光临，不胜荣幸21.confident和confidantconfident“深信，确信，自信”confidant“心腹朋友”She has no close confidant to whom she can turn for advice or help.她没有知心朋友来帮助或是劝告她 22.continual和continuouscontinual“连续，继续”；“频繁的”；continual bouts of toothache一阵接一阵的牙痛这中间可能有停顿或间断)continuous“连续”(指从不间断的); We have had three weeks of continuous rain.我们这里连续三周下雨不停。

23.might和couldmight 表明“possibility”could 应该用来表明“permission”. Mum said we could (might) go to the football match. 24.council和counselcouncil“议事机构”，委员会；a cabinet council内阁会议counsel“商议，劝告”；follow sb's counsel close牢记某人忠告 25.creditable和crediblecreditable “声誉好的，可称许(赞扬)的”；credible “可信的，可靠的”He's the only one without a credible alibi (辩解，托辞)，他是惟一一个没有可信托辞的人 26.decisive和decideddecisive“果断的，断然的”；decisive measures断然的措施decided“明确的，无疑的”；a decided success明显的成功 27.defective和deficientdefective (having a fault or flaw)“有缺陷的”。

deficient (lacking in what is needed)“不足的”；be deficient in欠缺 28.definite和definitivedefinite (certain or clear, not vague)“明确的，一定的”definitive (authoritative, that cannot be improved)“限定的，决定性的，最后的”definitive host宿主；definitive organs定形器官；definitive sentence最后判决 29.dependant和dependentdependant n.(one who depends on another for support)受赡养者dependent adj.“依靠的，依赖的”;He'sstill dependent on state benefit. The rate of relief is dependent on one's income. 30.discreet和discretediscreet“考虑周到的，慎重的”discrete“分离的，分裂的”；On closer examination, we find that the pattern is formed from thousands of discrete dots of colors.31.distinctive和distinctdistinctive“有特色的”，“独特的”；distinct“清楚的，明显的”；a distinct smell of alcohol on his breath; the distinctive stripes of the zebra. 32.dual和dueldual“二重的”；dual personality双重人格；dual control双重管辖；[w] duel[/w]“决斗，竞争”；fight a duel with sb.与某人决斗;challenge sb. to a duel向某人提出决斗；a duel of wits斗智 33.eatable和edibleeatable a.“可食用的，可吃的”；n.“食物、食品”。

edible a.“适合食用的，可以吃的”；n.“食品”在指吃的时候二者可通用：The toast was burnt and barely eatable/e。