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。下面是笔者整理的50组同义词。
1. 路 2. 时代 3. 战斗 4. 牧师 5. 服装 6. 哭 7. 美丽,漂亮 8. 拉,拖 9. 旋转 10. 生气,气愤 11. 错误 12. 图画 13. 特别的 14. 取消,消灭 15.破碎 16. 环境,形势 17. 著名的 18. 强盗 19. 摇动,颤动 20. 说话,谈话 21. 事情,事件 22. 承认 23. 走路 24. 跳 25. 特点,特征 26. 增加 27. 笑 28. 疯 29.味道 30. 滑 31. 怕 32. 闪光 33. 大 34. 感情 35. 工作,职业 36. 停止 37. 旅行 38. 抓,握 39. 看,凝视 40. 静 41. 消灭 42. 结果 43. 表明,代表 44. 帮助 45. 获得,得到 46. 礼品,礼物 47. 愚蠢 48. 地区 49. 会议,集会 50. 成就,功绩
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 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 1.
avenue: a avenue is a long, broad and imposing( 壮严) or principal street.
2.时代(期) (时期)
period: 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)
2: it indicates a long period of time marked by events or development of a particular kind.
the first flight into space 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 struggle (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 fight, conflict, 3.
4.牧师 (教士 牧师)
priest: a person, esp. a man 4 trained for various religious duties and ceremonies, in the 5 church, esp. in the roman catholic church
(牧师) minister: a member of 6, esp. protestant churches.
(牧师) clergy(pl): the officially appointed leader of the religious activities of a particular church or temple.
clergyman: clergymen(pl) a member of clergy.
(牧师) 7: 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.
father: 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 fashion of dress 8 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 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) 9: to weep or sigh with short quick breaths.
(哭天抹泪 涕泪交流) snivel: 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) 10: to make a low complaining cry.
(嚎哭) 11: to utter loud cries (always in bad sense).
(痛哭) 12: to cry aloud from pain or sorrow.
(呻吟) moan: to make a low, 13 sound in pain or sorrow.
(呻吟) grown: to make a low sound of pain, unhappiness or 14
(哀悼) mourn: to feel or show sadness or sorrow for someone who has died.
(哀悼) 15: to express great sorrow or regret.