考研英语:历年完型填空词汇(11)
visible,evident,obvious,noticeable,distinct,explicit清楚的,明显的 evident,noticeable “明显的,显而易见的”,表示能觉察到、容易感知的 showed no evident/noticeable sign of emotion不露声色 visible ①同evident,noticeable同evident,noticeable ②还指“可见的”,强调眼睛可以看到Most stars are not visible to the naked eye.大多数星星肉眼看不见。 obvious ①同evident,noticeable同evident,noticeable ②还可指“众人公认的,当然的”She was the obvious choice for the job.她是这一工作的当然人选。 distinct ①意为“清晰易辨的”,与“模糊的”或者“无法辨认”相对 His voice was quiet but every word was distinct.他说话声音不大,但字字清楚。 ②还可指“确定无疑的”,用于强调某人认为某事确实存在、确有可能等 a distinct possibility确有可能 explicit 指“(语言、图画等或人说话)表意清楚、直截了当”,与“含糊其辞”或“遮掩隐瞒”对应 explicit directions清楚的说明;She was explicit about why she had left.她对自己离开的原因直言不讳。 conspicuous,striking,marked引人注意的 conspicuous 指“极易引起注意的,惹眼的” I felt very conspicuous in my new car.坐在我的新车里,我感到十分惹人注目。 striking/marked 都强调“由于有趣或异乎寻常而引人注目” She is quiet and studious, in striking/marked contrast to her sister.她沉静勤奋,与她妹妹形成了鲜明的对照。 dominant,sovereign,predominant支配的,统治的 dominant 表示居于主导或支配地位的 a dominant position in the world market在国际市场上举足轻重的地位 predominant ①同dominant同dominant ②“盛行的、最常见的”,通常为暂时性地居于主导地位 Yellow is the predominant color this spring.黄色是今春时装界的流行颜色。 sovereign “(权利、地位、权威等)至高无上的”,常用于指政治上的权利 Parliament must always remain sovereign.国家的最高权力必须永远由议会掌握。 credible, credulous, plausible, convincing(可)相信的 credible “可信的”,表示人或物值得信赖a ~ witness可信的证人 credulous “轻信的”,指人容易上当受骗~ superstition因轻信而产生的迷信 plausible “貌似有理的”,含有怀疑的意味a ~ excuse貌似合理的借口 convincing “令人信服的”,表示有说服力a ~ victory令人折服的胜利 distant,remote distant与remote相似点较多,都可指“(时间上)久远的”,如:in the distant/remote past/future在遥远的过去/将来:“(人)远亲的;不友好的,疏远的”,如:distant/remote politeness冷漠的拘礼态度:“不同的,不相关的”,常用~from,如:a life distant/remote from his own与他自己的生活不同的生活。 distant 还指“(空间上)遥远的”the distant sound of music远处的音乐声 还引申为“心不在焉的”a distant look in her eyes眼神恍惚 remote ①指“(地方)偏远的,偏僻的”,还用作术语,表示“远程(连接)的” one of the remotest areas of the world世界上最荒僻的地区之一 ②可引申为“(可能性、机会,对……的理解、兴趣、意愿等)微小的” a remote chance一线希望;not have the remotest idea what he‘s talking about对他所说的事一点也不懂 distantly,remotely distantly distant的副词形式,并无自身的特殊用法 remotely 有固定含义。意为“在偏僻地方;远程地”或“(常用在否定句中)(程度)极微小地” She isn’t remotely interested in novels.她对小说一点兴趣也没有。 |