广东成考英语易错单词汇总及解析:
12.admit,confess两者都表“承认”。
admit指大胆地承认以前试图不论或推诿的坏事。如:John has admitted to breaking the window.(约翰已承认打破了窗玻璃。)
Confess常指承认错误,罪行等。如:The thief confessed his crime to the police.(小偷向警察承认了罪行。)
13.advice,advise
advice劝告(名词)。如:I want to give you some advice.
advise劝告(动词)。如:What do you advise me to do?
14.adopt,adapt
adopt(1)收养。如:Since they have no children of their own,they decided to adopt a little girl.(他们自己没有孩子,所以决定收养一个小女孩。)(2)采纳,采用,通过。如:He adopted our suggestion.(他采纳了我们的建议。)
adopt与adapt词形相近,后者的意思是“使适合”,“改编”等。
15.advance,proceed,progress均可表“前进”。
advance表向一个特定的目的地,在一定的时间或空间内稳定地向前运动。如:Napoleon’s armyadvanced on Moscow.(拿破仑的军队向莫斯科挺进。)
proceed强调从一处向另一处的运动,常表停顿后继续前进。如:They proceeded from London to Paris.(他们从伦敦往巴黎前进。)
peogress多表自然过程,指生长,发展等稳定地或循环往复地前进。如:The year is progressing,it willsoon be summer.(光阴似箭,很快又是夏天了。)
16.advantage,benefit,profit
advantage常指一种使某人处于比其他人相对有利的地位,机会或时机。如:He had the advantage ofgood education.(受过良好的教育对他十分有利。)
profit多指报偿或报偿性的收入。如Did you make any profit last year?(你去年赚钱了吗?)
benefit指物质利益或精神方面的好处。如:I get no personal benefit from the business.(我个人从这家企业中并不获益。)
17.advise,convince,persuade均可表“劝说”。
advise表建议,规劝某人应该做某事或如何做。如:He advised me to put my money in the bank.(他劝我把钱存入银行。)
convince指向某人陈述事实,运用推理或逻辑证明使某人信服。如:We convinced Smith to go by train
rather than plane.(我们说服了史密斯乘火车而不乘飞机前往。)
persuade指用感情说服某人去做某事。如:I persuaded him to go back to work.(我说服他回去工作了。)
18.affect,effect
affect影响(动词)。如Smoking affects health.
effect效果,影响(名词)。如:Government policy will not have any effect on us.
19.afford,provide,supply都有“提供,供给”的意思。
afford一般只用于抽象事物。
provide和supply意思相同,两个词都和with连用,构成provide/supply somebody with something的结构。
20.agree,consent
agree为常用词。如:Do you agree to the condition?(你同意这个条件吗?)
consent为正式用词,多用于上下级的