2012届高考英语二轮复习 精品之必备词汇辨析（四）.docVIP

2012届高考英语二轮专题复习精品之必备词汇辨析1、damage, harm, hurt, injure, spoil 乍看这几个词，觉得意思都差不多。它们都有“损害，伤害，破坏”的意思。其实，它们之间还是有不同的。damage: “毁坏，损坏”，主要指造成价值，效用，完整性方面的损坏。例如： Mr. Smith, I wonder if we could arrange a talk about the damaged cargo sometime.史密斯先生，我们能不能安排个时间商谈破损货物的问题。The water they had thrown over everything to put out the fire damaged the books.为了灭火，他们把水往一切东西上泼，把书也损坏了。 harm: “损害，伤害”，词义具体，强调带来损失，病痛或痛苦。Though he knows clearly that smoking harms his health, he simply cannot give it up.虽然他很清楚吸烟对身体有害，但他就是戒不了。 hurt: “疼痛，伤害”，尤其指感情或身体遭受创伤。Nothing hurts more than a bad tooth, so he had to go to the dentist to hav