无论是面对Ukiset考试的哪个科目,词汇和语法都是我们必备的基础能力,特别是Ukiset词汇的部分,很多考生往往会弄混词汇的用法,今天小编就为大家介绍几组常见的同义词汇辨析,一起来了解一下吧!
elaborate=complex
elaborate=develop
对于这组词汇,很多同学在初次遇见时,很难直接把他们进行同义的对应。
complex和develop的意思大家应该还是比较明确的,但是elaborate的确切含义很多同学其实不是很清楚,即使是背过也只是脑海中有个模糊的意思,记得好像,大概,也许是指“详细地……”这类意思。很多同学会觉得“详细地……”和“复杂的”以及“发展”看起来并没有什么同义的关系。
其实elaborate
作为形容词时的意思是made or done with great care or with much detail; marked by complexity精心制作的复杂的;
作为动词时的意思是to give more details about something; to bring something to a more advanced or developed state详细制定,详尽阐述
从它的英文释义中就不难看出它和complex以及develop的同义之处了。
respectively=in that order
Wind pollination does, of course, require a lot of pollen. Birch and hazel trees can produce 5.5 and 4 million grains per catkin,respectively.
The word "respectively" in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. over time
B. separately
C. in that order
D. consistently
对于这组词汇,想必大家疑惑的是respectively这个词。在我们记忆的中文意思中,respectively这个词就是指“分别地”, 所以在选择上面的词汇题时,无数同学都会前赴后继地掉入separately这个大坑里。
殊不知此“分别”并不是彼“分别”。
respectively意为in the order given。

【例子】
Mary and Anne were respectively 12 and 16 years old. Mary和Anne分别是12岁和16岁。(Mary12岁,Anne16岁)。
而separately意为apart from others, not joined or connected。
【例子】
He had insisted that we went separately to the club. 他坚持我们不要一块儿去俱乐部。
了解清楚这两个“分别地”的意思之后,再结合文章语境去选择,答案就一目了然了。
afford=provide
这是一组部分意思重复的词汇配对,也是对熟词僻义的考察。
afford作为动词时有两层意思,第一个大家熟悉的“买得起,负担得起”,第二个“提供”,This affords us the opportunity to ask questions about how the systems might change. 这给我们提供了就系统可能如何改变进行提问的机会。
pronounced=marked
这也是一组让大家大跌眼镜的同义配对,表示“发音”的pronounce加了个d怎么就变成“明显的”了。
一方面,pronounced作为形容词本身就有strong marked的意思,另一方面,pronounce作为动词时还可以指“宣称,宣布”,根据这个意义再去体会上下文语境,就能感悟到这组同义配对之间的奥秘了。
Citizens of prosperous, essentially middle-class republics --- whether ancient Romans, seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans --- have always shown amarkedtaste for portraiture.
The word "marked" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) pronounced
(B) fortunate
(C) understandable
(D) mysterious
pursue=engage in
Whereas the East couldpursuewar and diplomacy more effectively with their enemies on the long eastern frontier, the West was exposed to the more volatile tribal Germanic peoples on a frontier that stretched along the Rhine and Danube rivers for 1,000 miles.
The word “pursue” in the passage is closest in meaning to
A. expand
B. engage in
C. control
D. avoid
同学们应该都知道pursue有“追求,继续,追捕”的意思,然而满怀期待地去浏览选项时,却并没有发现体现这个意思的答案,不禁又一次因为ETS对人生产生了怀疑。
其实本题考察的也是一个pursue的不常用的意思“执行,实行”。
【例子】
The government will be free to pursue its economic policies. 政府将可不受限制地实行其经济政策。
所以本题对应engage in,表示“从事,实行”之意。
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