18.强盗
thief: the most general one.
(强盗) robber: it suggests a direct 1 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 into a house at night to steal something.
(歹徒 暴徒) 2: 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) 3: a robber who lives by robbing travelers in the country.
(海盗) 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 5.
it refers to persons or things.
(发抖) quiver: to tremble a little.
it suggests a rapid but invisible 6.
his lips quivered with emotion.
(颤抖) tremble: to shake uncontrollably and 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 a more violent and sudden change.
he quaked with excitement.
an explosion cam make the ground quake.
(抽筋般颤动) 7: to shake uncontrollably for a movement.
it suggests a more intense shaking.
she 8 at the sight of a snake.
20.说话 谈话
(说话)
speak: to use your voice to say words.
(说) say: to speak 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.
4: 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) state: to say, express or put into words, esp. formally.
he stated his view.
(讲述) 9: to tell formally in writing or speech or describe
something in order with 10.
he 11 his adventure in the forest.
(详述) relate: to tell formally in details, to give an account of.
he related his experiences.
(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.
12: to talk formally.
the scholars are 13 with each other on
14.
chat: to talk in a friendly, familiar, informal manner.
the two friends sat in a corner and chatted.
15: to talk continuously rapidly about small things.
the schoolgirls went along 16.
whisper: to talk in a low voice.
she whispered me not to talk so loudly.
17: to make a soft sound, esp. to speak or say in a quiet voice.
he often 18 to himself.
(闲谈) gossip: to talk about the details of other people"s actions
and private lives which may not correct or proper.
that woman is very fond of gossiping about others.
19: to speak with pauses and repeated sounds because of excitement, 20.
stutter: to speak with pauses and repeated sounds because of
inherent speech defect.
21.事情,事件
(事) thing: an event, a fact, a subject.
he talked of many interesting things.
(事情) matter: seth that you have to deal with, something to be discussed, thought over.
there are several matters to be dealt with at the meeting.
(事务 责任) business: a special duty, something that has to be done.
public business is every one"s business.
(事务) affair: an event or set of connected events. (pl) private and personal life.
i have many affairs to look after.
(事件) event: an important happening. events such as birthdays and anniversaries are often 21.
do you know the chief events of 1986.
incident: not as important as an event. incidents seldom are celebrated. sometimes an event becomes an incident after many years have passed.
(偶然事件) happening: an occurrence, and sometimes an unusual one.
there have been strange happenings here lately.
(偶发事件) occurrence: an incident that is usually unexpected and has not been planned ahead of time.
flood is practically an annual occurrence in this district.
22.承认
admit: to agree to the truth of, usu, something bad.
it suggests 22 or possible objection.
he admitted his crime/stealing.
(自白 供认) confess: to admit 23 as to a crime or as to a shortcoming, in the sense of making known to others one"s own error or wrong doing.
he confessed his fault/doing something wrong.
acknowledge: to agree the truth of, recognize the fact or existence of what have said or done, good or bad.
it emphasizes openly in a embarrassing or awkward and usually not voluntary way.
i acknowledged my signature/mistakes/errors/having been defeated.
grant: to admit or to agree something is true.
i granted his request/his honesty.
take sth/sb for granted.
concede: to admit as true, just or proper often 24 because of overwhelming evidence.
i conceded you that point, but i still think you are wrong.
recognize: to accept or acknowledge it.
it refers to something about law and 25.
the new regime was recognized by china.