《英语常用同义词辨析》.doc

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historicalhistoric: famous in history, 历史上著名的 associated with past times 与过去时代有关的a ～ event/speech/spothistorical: belong to history 历史上的a ～ people/novel/play/film/painting～ trend★electric与electricalelectrical: worked by, changed with， producing electricity 用电的，带电的, 有电的～ current/cableelectrical: relating to electricity, an idea of a less close connection with electricity～ engineering/apparatus★economic与economicaleconomic: of economics～ policy/geography/crisis/cropseconomical: careful in the spending of money and time, not waste 经济的，节俭的an ～ housewife/store★industrial与industriousindustrial: of industries 工业的the ～ revolution/products/systemindustrious: hard-working, diligent～ people★considerable与considerateconsiderable: great much 相当多（大）的a ～ income/distanceconsiderate: thoughtful 体谅的， 体贴的 周到的She is ～ to others.★sensible与sensitivesensible: 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continuouscontinual: going on all the time without stopping or with only short breaks, stop and go repeatedly, 连续的，断断续续的～ rain/noisecontinuous: 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/painan ～ 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respectfulrespectable: deserving respect, 值得尊敬的，有名望的a ～ man/professionrespectful: 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.★imaginable、imaginary与imaginative imaginable:: that can be imagined 可象想的～ difficultiesimaginary: existing only in the mind, unreal 想象中的， 不真实的～ figure imaginative: of, having, using imagination 有想象力的， 运用想象力的a ～ writer★intelligent、intelligi