《英语常用同义词辨析》.docxVIP

— PAGE \* Arabic 1 — 《英语常用同义词辨析》 英语同源形容词的区别  在英语中某些词有两种或两种以上的形容词形式，它们词形相近，但词义不同，容易用错，你知道这些形容词的不同之处吗？请看  ★historic与historical  historic: famous in history, 历史上著名的associated with past time s 与过去时代有关的  a ～event/speech/spot  historical: belong to history 历史上的  a ～people/novel/play/film/painting  ～trend  ★electric与electrical  electrical: worked by, changed with，producing electricity 用电的，带电的, 有电的  ～current/cable  electrical: relating to electricity, an idea of a less close connectio n with electricity  ～engineering/apparatus  ★economic与economical  economic: of economics  ～policy/geography/crisis/crops  economical: careful in the spending of money and time, not wast e 经济的，节俭的  an ～housewife/store  ★industrial与industrious  industrial: of industries 工业的  the ～revolution/products/system  industrious: hard-working, diligent  ～people  ★considerable与considerate  considerable: great much 相当多（大）的  a ～income/distance  considerate: thoughtful 体谅的，体贴的周到的  She is ～to others.  ★sensible与sensitive  sensible: reasonable, having good sense 实用的，明知的  a ～woman/idea/ 豁达的妇女/明知的观点  ～clothes 实用的衣服  sensitive: quick to receive impression 敏感的  a ～skin  ～paper 感光纸  ★continual与continuous  continual: going on all the time without stopping or with only sho rt breaks, stop and go repeatedly, 连续的，断断续续的  ～rain/noise  continuous: going on without a break, an uninterrupted flow 连续不断的  ～fight/work  ★intense与intensive  intense: high in degree 强烈的，剧烈的，高度的  ～heat炽热/pain  an ～lady 热情的女子  intensive: deep and thorough 精深的，集中的  ～reading/study彻底研究/agriculture密集农业  ★respectable、respective与respectful  respectable: deserving respect, 值得尊敬的，有名望的  a ～man/profession  respectful: showing respect 尊敬人的，有礼貌的，  He is always ～to the elders.  respective: belongs to each of these 分别的，各自的  They sat on their ～chairs.