23考研英语高频词收藏（核心易错词集合）

1. abide , adhere , conform , comply"遵守"的意思

abide v.后接by表示“遵守，同意"。I will abide by the director' decision.

我将遵从主任的决定。

adhere v.后接to表示“遵守”“坚持;粘附”

Car drivers must adhere to the rules of driving.

汽车司机必须遵守驾驶规则。

The team will adhere to the original plan.

这团队将坚持原计划。

conform v.后接to表示"遵守，符合”。(区分reform，inform , transform)

All individuals are required to conform to the laws made by their governments.每个人都应该遵守政府制订的法律。

comply v.后接with表示遵守，服从”,用于正式的场合。Our company complies with governmental regulations on paying taxes.

我们公司遵守政府有关纳税的规定。

2.abolish , cancel , eliminate , dispose , erase , exclude , extinguish都有"取消,除掉"的意思

abolish v.指对法律、习俗、制度的废除;完全破坏。

The government abolished the tax on alcohol.

政府取消了酒税。

cancel v.对预先安排的某种活动(如旅行、计划、会议等)的取消;删去(字、句)。The meeting has been cancelled because of the flu.会议由于流感而取消了。

eliminate v.指消除、淘汰已经存在但是现在不需要的东西。The losing team was eliminated from further competition.失利的那个队被淘汰了,不能参加下- -阶段的比赛。

dispose v.处理,处置;表示“除掉、扔掉”时常与of连用。(这一点做题时需

要注意。)

please dispose of household waste.

请清除掉家中垃圾。

(联想pose，expose , impose)

erase v.除去,擦掉,指有意识地除去字迹、声音等。(于是有了小学的eraser)

I erased the music on the tape before recording on the tape again.

我在往磁带上录音之前先消掉了上面的音乐。

exclude v.排斥;排除,不包括在内,与include互为反义词。

The restaurant excludes anyone who is not properly dressed from entering.

衣冠不整者不得进入该餐馆。

extinguish v熄灭,扑灭(火);使沉默,使暗淡。Firefighters extinguished a big fire.

消防队员扑灭了大火。

(注意区别distinguish v.区分;辨别;使杰出,使表现突出。

Could he distinguish right from wrong?他能辨别是非吗?)

3. accent , tone dialect这三个名词意思相近,容易混淆

accent n.口音,指某一地区语言的发音特征;重音。He speaks English with a strong Spanish accent.

他讲英语带有很浓的西班牙口音。

tone n.语气，音调,指说话人的口气或声音的高低、轻重等。

He speaks to his baby in soft tones.

他用柔和的语调和他的婴儿说话。

(此词还常用语阅读观点态度题中: 1)The tone of the passage can best be described as 2) Author' s tone 1 Attitude is____)

dialect n.方言,土语,地方话,指一个地区人们所使用的语言。

The residents here speak Sichuan dialect,这里的居民说四川方言

4、accommodate , afford , furnish都有"提供"的意思

accommodate v.提供住宿、房间;适应,迎合,迁就。This hotel can accommodate up to 500 guests.这家饭店可供多达500位来宾住宿。

The company accommodated the customer's wish and sent the

delivery overnight.

公司满足了顾客的愿望,连夜将货物发了出去。

afford v.负担，支付;当“提供”讲时,多用于指抽象事物的提供。We can't afford that expensive sports car.

我们买不起那辆昂贵的跑车。

The tall building affords a beautiful view of the ocean.从这幢高楼_上可以看到大海的美丽景致。

furnish v.指提供生活或某种用途所需要的东西。

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge , and it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

阅读为我们的思想提供了知识素材然而正是思考才能将我们读到的内容变成我们自己的东西。

5、 ambiguous , vague , unclear , dim “模糊的,不清楚的”的意思

ambiguous a.意义含糊的，有歧义的,指因字、词、句有歧义而使人感到模糊不清、难以理解和把握。(偏于歧义)

His ambiguous directions confused us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.

他的模棱两可的指导使我们很迷惑,以至于我们不知道这两条路该走哪条了。

vague a.含混的,不清楚的,多用言辞笼统而导致的不确定,该词也可表示

轮廓形状的不清楚和模糊。(偏于不确定)

We are facing the vague promises of manufacturing fuel from herbs.

我们正面临用草本植物生产燃料的不确定的前景。

unclear a.指句意、字迹不清楚,使人难以看懂;不肯定的。Unclear writing is difficult to understand.

模糊的字迹使人难以辨认。

It is unclear whether the economy will get better.经济是否好转仍不明朗。

dim a.光线暗淡的,看不清的;记忆力模糊的;悲观的。Don't work in dim light.不要在昏暗的光线下工作。

6、associate, ally , combine , unite“结交,联合”的意思

associate v.交往,结交;联系,联想。多指平等友好的合作,后接with,表示

与某人交往或合作,后接in表示在某个方面合作。

We associate with all sorts of people in the society.

在社会，上,我们同各种各样的人交往。

(注: associate A with B把A和B联系起来;associate adj.副的an associate professor一名副教授)

ally v.使结盟,使联姻,多与with搭配。

Several political parties allied with each other against higher taxes.几个政治党派联合起来反对提高税收。

combine V.联合,化合,混合。

The girl combined sugar，butter ，and four to made the dough.

小姑娘把糖、黄油和面粉混合到一起做成面团。

unite v.联合,合并,团结,尤指不同的事物或人团结、统-。

The nation united against its enemy.国民团结一致共同对敌。

7、acute，crucial , urgent“严重的,重要的' 的意思

acute a.剧烈的,严重的;急性的(病)。

An acute lack of food brought hunger to the Iraqi people.食品的严重缺乏给伊拉克人民造成了饥饿。

crucial a.意为"决定性的紧要关头的,至关重要的",与critical(关键的,批

评的,爱挑剔的)类似。

The improvement of consumer confidence is crucial to an economic recovery.消费者信心的增强对经济的复苏是至关重要的。

urgent a.意为“紧迫的,急迫的, 紧要的" ,它不强调所指的问题是最重要的，仅强调"紧急的“状态。

We have an urgent need for help ,and we are running out of water.

我们急需要帮助,我们的水就快要用光了。

8.aggravate，reinforce , increase , strengthen , intensify “加剧,增加”的意思

aggravate v.加重(负担、罪行、病情等) ,使之恶化。

I hurt my foot, then aggravated it by trying to walk too soon.

我的脚受伤了，而过早的下地走路又加重了伤情。

reinforce v.增援，-般用于军队或警察的行动;(以添加材料等)加固。

A police officer saw three thieves robbing a bank and radioed to reinforce him.

一位警察看到三个盗贼抢劫银行,用无线电话请求增援。

increase v.指数量.上的增加。

The number of people has increased.人数增加了。

strengthen v.加强,巩固,增强,相当于to become stronger.

Competition ,they believe,strengthens the national character rather than corrupt it.

他们认为竞争加强了民族性而不是破坏了它。

intensify v.使变得更强烈、剧烈,加剧，相当于to become more intense or intensive.

His dog' s death intensified his loneliness.

狗的去世使他的孤独感更加强烈。

9.blame , condemn，scold,都有“责怪”的意思

blame v.责怪,把...归咎于。You can't blame anyone in case you fail the exam.万一你考试不及格,你不能怪罪任何人。

condemn v.谴责,判刑,用于比较正式的、严肃的场合。

The president condemned the law as an attack on personal liberty.总统谴责这个法律侵犯人身自由。

scold v.责骂,训斥。

His father scolds him for making all in a mess.他的父亲训斥他把所有事弄得-一团糟。

10、boundary , border , frontier , verge都有“边界”的意思

boundary n.边界;界线。多指作为界线的标识物等。

The fence marks the boundary between my land and hers.

这道栅栏是我的地和她的地的分界线。

border n.较宽的边缘,边界, 多指两国或两地之间的分界处附近的边缘地区边界地带;也可以指物体的边缘等。

We crossed the Mexican borders into the USA.

我们穿过墨西哥边界进入美国境内。

frontier n.边界,边境,边疆,指靠近边界(boundary)的区域;也可引申为"未

开发的领域”, "(学术的)前沿“等。

The American West was still a frontier a century ago.

一个世纪以前美国西部还是一片边疆。

She is a biochemist who works on the frontiers of biology.她是从事生物学前沿研究的生化学家。

verge n. (道路、花坛等长着草的)边缘,引申为“某事即将发生之际”。

On the verge of war , she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

战争爆发之际，她几近精神崩溃。

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