形近易混淆词A1.adept adopt adaptadept adj.（与at, in连用）熟练的；精通的She was adept at the fine art of irritating people.n. 内行；老手adopt vt.收养；采取；采用They adopted our methods.正式通过；采纳The resolution was adopted by a vote of 180 in favor to 10 against it. adapt vt.使适应；使适合He adapted himself to the cold weather.When he moved to Canada, the children adapted to the change very well.2.adopted adoptiveadopted adj.被收养的，被采纳的an adopted child ；an adopted advice adoptive adj.收养（孩子）的an adoptive mother3.averse adverseAverse adj.（常与to连用）嫌恶的I am not averse to a dance party and a good mean after a week's hard work.The minister is averse to/from flattery.Adverse adj.不利的；相反的；an adverse decisionAdverse circumstances compelled him to close his business.4. affection affectationaffection n.友爱, 爱情, 影响, 疾病, 倾向Affectation n.假装, 虚饰, 做作5. altitude latitude longitude multitude attitude aptitudeAltitude n.（海拔）高度At high altitudes of Tibet it is difficult to breathe.高处；The plane flew at an altitude of 20000 meters.Latitude n.纬度, 范围, (用复数)地区, 行动或言论的自由(范围)Longitude n.经度, 经线multitude n.多数, 群众attitude n.姿势；态度People's attitude towards the skyscrapers varies widely.看法；意见What is the Municipal Authority's attitude to the proposal of a tunnel across the river? What's the authorities' attitude towards this discord?Aptitude n.能力；才能；天资6.angle angelangle n.角；角度；a right angle角落；墙角；棱角；观点；看法；看问题的角度to consider all angles of the questionThe professor angled his report to suit the audience he was speaking to.vt. 转动一个角度to angle a camera；带成见地描述（某事）He angles his reports to please his editor in chief.用钩和钓钓鱼He is keen on angling.（与for连用）运用手段获得，攫取Angel n.天使；守护神；仁慈、漂亮的女人7.announce denounce renounce pronounceAnnounce vt.通告；发表；宣布，宣告The captain announced that the plane was going to land.The government announced that they would build a new highway to the mountain. Denounce vt.揭发；告发；斥责Renounce vt.正式放弃He renounced his claim to the property.宣布断绝关系He renounced his religion.pronounce vt., vi.发音；发出…音How do you pronounce c-l-e-r-k?宣称；宣告；断言The expert pronounced the picture to be a forgery.The priest pronounced them man and wife.Everyone pronounced the party to be very good.（常与on, for, against, in favor of连用）〈法〉宣判The judge pronounced sentence on the prisoner.8. annual annulannual；adj.每年的；一年一次的an annual eventannul；vt.取消，废除（婚姻、契约等）9. apposite oppositeApposite；adj.适当的Opposite；adj.相对的, 对面的, 对立的, 相反的, 对等的, 对应的n.相反的事物10. appraise apprise praiseAppraise；vt.评估，评价，鉴定Apprise；vt.通知；告知She was apprised of our arrival.The secretary came to apprise us that the erection of the monster machine had been successfully completed.Praise；vt.赞美；赞扬；歌颂；赞颂She praised her daughter's hard work.11.apprehensive comprehensiveApprehensive；adj.忧虑的；担心的apprehensive for sb.'s safety Comprehensive；adj.全面的；广泛的；包含内容多的；详尽的The state government gave a very comprehensive explanation of its plans for the development of electronic industry.12. argument augmentArgument；n.争论, 辩论, 论据, 论点, ～(for,against), 意见Augment；vt., vi.增大；增加13. ascribe describe prescribe subscribe inscribe proscribeAscribe；vt.归因于, 归咎于Describe；vt.描写, 记述, 形容, 形容v.描述prescribe；vt., vi.开药方；处方；命令；规定The law prescribes what should be done.What punishment does the law prescribe for corruption?The doctor prescribed total abstinence.Subscribe；vt., vi.（常与to, for连用）捐款；捐助；订购（报纸、杂志等）（常与to连用）同意，赞同Inscribe；vt.（常与in, on, with连用）题写；铭刻She inscribed her own name on the textbook.（常与to连用）题名This book I inscribe to my old comrades-in-arms.Proscribe；vt.禁止14. assent ascentassent；vi.常与to连用同意ascent；n.上升, (地位, 声望等的)提高, 攀登, 上坡路15 dissent descent decentDissent；vi.（常与from连用）持异议；不同意；意见不一致He and I dissented from each other in choosing a suitable candidate.Descent；n.下降；下滑；降下；下来；血统；遗传He traces his descent from an old Norman family.decent；adj体面的合适的16. assume resume consume presumeAssume；vt.假定；假设I assume you always get up at the same time.采用；承担to assume new dutiesResume；n.摘要, 概略, <美> 履历；vt.再继续, 重新开始, 重新占用, 再用, 恢复Consume；vt., vi.吃，喝；消耗；消费；花费His old car consumed much gasoline.毁灭；烧毁The fire soon consumed the old wooden buildings in the neighbourhood. presume；vt., vi.（常与that连用）假定；假设；认为I presume from your speech that you are a foreigner.You must presume no such thing.当作；姑且认为If a person is missing for 7 years, he is presumed dead.（常与to + inf连用）放肆；擅作主张A servant ought not to presume.（与on, upon连用）指望；寄希望于…We must not presume too mush on the reliability of such sources.17 avocation vocation vacationAvocation；n.(个人)副业, 业余爱好Vocation；n.职业；行业；天职；使命；假期I worked in a small beachside restaurant during the college vacation.18. authentic authoritativeAuthentic；真实的：与事实相符并且值得相信、信赖的：an authentic account by an eyewitness.真正的：有着经证实的来源或创作者的；非伪造的或非复制的：an authentic medieval sword.一把真正的中世纪剑authoritative；adj.（形容词）官方的：有着或由政府发起的；官方的：an authoritative decree; authoritative sources.权威性的：拥有公认的精确性或优秀性的；极可信赖的：an authoritative account of the revolution.专断的：行使权力的；命令的：the captain's authoritative manner.19. adjoin adjacent adjournAdjoin；vt.毗连；临近；贴近Our house adjoins theirs.Adjacent；adj.(与to连用）相邻的，邻近的Adjourn；vt., vi.延期；休会，会议暂停The meeting will be adjourned till next Wednesday.20.admire admiralAdmire；v.赞美, 钦佩, 羡慕Admiral；n.海军上将, 舰队司令, 旗舰21. adore adornadore；vt.崇拜；敬爱；敬重；非常喜欢He adores the cinema.She adores going to the volleyball ma tch.Adorn；vt.装饰；She likes to adorn herself with jewels.增加…的重要性或吸引力He tried to adorn his story with a lot of lies22. appliance applicant applicationAppliance；n.用具, 器具Applicant；n.申请者, 请求者application；n.请求, 申请, 申请表, 应用, 运用23 alley allyAlley；n.小路, 巷, (花园里两边有树篱的)小径ally；v.结盟, 与...(在血统, 性质等上)有关联, 同盟；n.同盟国, 支持者24 accession accessaccession；n.就职, 就任, 添加, 增加acces s；n.通路, 访问, 入门；vt.存取, 接近B1. bull bullyBull；n.公牛, 粗壮如牛的人；乐观进取的人；胡扯；废话Bully vt.威吓；欺侮；以强凌弱He's always bullying smaller boys.2.bandage bondagebandage n 绷带bondage n 奴役，束缚3.bread beadbread n 面包bead；n. 珠子；滴；念珠；vi. 形成珠状，起泡；vt. 用珠装饰；使成串珠状4.bump dump jump hump lump plumpBump；n.撞击, 肿块；v.碰(伤), 撞(破), 颠簸Dump；vt.倾倒(垃圾), 倾卸；n.堆存处Jump；n.跳跃, 上涨, 惊跳；vt.跳跃, 跃过, 突升, 使跳跃；vi.跳跃, 暴涨Hump；n.驼峰, 驼背, 小园丘, 峰丘；v.(使)隆起, 弓起Lump；n.块（尤指小块）, 肿块, 笨人；vt.使成块状, 混在一起.Plump；adj.圆胖的, 丰满的, 鼓起的；vt.突然放下, 使丰满, 使鼓起；vi.变丰满, 鼓起Pump；n.泵, 抽水机；vt.(用泵)抽(水), 抽吸5.beach breach bleachBeach；n.海滨；湖滨；河滩；The little beach hotel has a pleasant ambient（adj. 周围的；外界的；环绕的；n. 周围环境）Breach；n.（常与of连用）违背；不履行；破坏；in breach of contractYour company is in breach of the contract.Bleach；vt., vi.使变白Did you bleach this tablecloth?6.bride bribebride n 新娘bribe n vt 贿赂收买boom broomboom vt. 使兴旺；发隆隆声；vi. 急速发展；发隆隆声；n. 繁荣；吊杆；隆隆声broom n 扫帚buffet bufferbuffet ；n.餐具柜, 小卖部, 殴打, 打击；vt ①连续地打击②搏斗buffer； vt 缓冲、缓和C1. censor censureCensor n.检查员vt.检查, 审查Censure v.责难n.责难2. cession sessionCession n.割让, 转让, [律]让与(他人)债权Session n.（官方机构的）会议，会期，开会期；学期；大学的学期The general session approved the report of the investigation committee.3. clash crush crashClash n. 冲突, 撞击声, 抵触the clash of weapons；clash of interests；a clash with the policeI failed to go to her wedding because it clashed with my examination.战斗It is broadcast that the two armies clashed near the borderline again before dawn. vi., vt.冲突The enemy armies clashed.（事情）在时间上相冲突It's a pity the two concerts clash.（常与with连用）（色彩）不协调This shirt clashes with your trousers.Crush vt., vi.压碎；压坏；碾碎挤压；塞to crush one's way through the crowd 破坏；镇压；压服to crush all oppositionCrash；n.碰撞, 坠落, 坠毁, 撞击声, 爆裂声v.碰撞, 坠落, 坠毁, (指商业公司, 政府等)破产, 垮台4. classic classicalclassic；n.杰作, 名著adj.第一流的classical；adj.古典的, 正统派的, 古典文学的5. clench clinchclench ；vt., vi.紧合；咬紧（牙关）；捏紧（拳头）She clenched her teeth when she was operated on.紧握；抓牢The girl clenched her money in her hand.Clinch；vt., vi.敲弯钉头钉牢；钉住；把（木头）钉牢在一起确定；决定（贸易等）；达成买卖或合同The two companies clinched the deal quickly.The offer of more money clinched it for her. She agree to undertake the job as the assistant to the managing director.6.coarse hoarse roarCoarse；adj.粗的；粗糙的；未精炼的（表面）不光滑的；粗织的coarse cloth；粗鲁的；鲁莽的；不礼貌的；coarse talkhoarse；adj.嘶哑的His voice was hoarse after talking for an hour.Roar；n.吼声；咆哮声；the roar of an angry lion；The lion gave a loud roar.7. canvass canvascanvas；n.粗帆布；一块油画布The young artist showed me his recent canvases.Canvass；n.细查, 讨论, 劝诱vt.彻底检查, 细究, 向...拉票或拉生意, 讨论vi.游说, 拉选票8. cannon canonCannon；n.加农炮；大炮canon；n.教规，宗教法规9. credible credulousCredible；adj.可信的；可靠的credulous；adj.轻信别人的10 continual continuouscontinual；adj. over and over again; regular but interrupted;连续的Recently the young couple have continual arguments with each other for trifles. Continuous：adj. 不断的continuing without stopping ;ceaseless；continuous rain all day7. collide colludecollide；vi.互撞；碰撞；（车、船等）猛撞The two trains collided.冲突；反对；强烈抵触(with)Collude；vi.共谋；勾结；串通(with)8. comment commendComment；n.注释, 评论, 意见；vi.注释, 评论(on )commend；vt.称赞, 表扬, 推荐, 委托, 吸引9. compel expel propel repelCompel；vt.强迫, 迫使Expel；vt赶走：驱逐或把…赶出去：expel an invader.排出：从容器里或象从容器里释放：被迫离开；把…除名：expelled the student from college for cheating. See Synonyms at ejectpropel；vt.推进，推动；驱策repel；vt.击退；逐退to repel an attack；使厌恶；使反感His accent repels me.10. contemporary temporarycontemporary ；n.同时代的人adj.当代的, 同时代的temporary；adj.暂时的, 临时的, 临时性11. contemptuous contemptibleContemptuous；adj.（常与of连用）表示轻蔑的；傲慢的a contemptuous look contemptible；adj.卑劣的It was contemptible of him to speak like that about a respectable teacher!It was a contemptible trick to tell lies and play on an old friend!12. confer infer refer prefer deferconfer；vt.授予(称号、学位等)on, 赠与, 把...赠与, 协议；v.协商, 交换意见(on) The engineers and technicians are still conferring on the unexpected accident. Infer；vt.推断；推知；推论to infer an unknown fact from a known factI infer from your letter that you have not made up your mind yet.Refer；vt., vi.（常与to 连用）涉及；提到；针对；有关The new law does not refer to farm land.提交；交付The shop referred the complaint to the manufacturers.prefer；vt.（常与to连用）更喜欢；宁愿to prefer coffee toWhich of these two dresses do you prefer?defer；vt.推迟；延期vt.（与to连用）服从；顺从Do you always defer to your parents wishes?13. consequent subsequentConsequent；adj.作为结果的subsequent；adj.随后的，后来的；继起的14 conventional convenientConventional；adj.惯例的, 常规的, 习俗的, 传统的convenient；adj.便利的, 方便的15. confidant confidante confident confidentialConfidant；n.知己男友Confidante；n.知己的女友Confident；adj.确信的；有信心的；自信的Peter is confident of winning the post as the assistant to the managing director. Confidential；adj.机密的；秘密的a confidential order参与机密的；视为心腹的a confidential secretary16. convert divert invert revert reverseConvert；vt.（常与into连用）转变；变换to convert an old house into a new oThat building has been converted into a school.兑换I want to convert some Hong Kong dollars into American dollars.改变信仰、党派或意见等She managed to convert him to her opinion.divert；vt.转向；转移A ditch diverted water from the stream into the fields.Traffic was ordered to divert to another road because of the repair of the main road. The government is planning to divert the river to supply water to the town.A loud noise from the street diverted my attention.invert；vt.置于相反位置；上下倒置The little boy caught the insect by inverting the cup over it.Revert；vi.与to连用，恢复原状；回复；回到（原来话题）；（财产等）归复，归还Reverse；vt.倒退；倒转He reversed the car.；翻转She reversed the paper.改变；使成相反的东西He reversed the judgment and set the prisoner free after all.17 counsel consul councilCounsel；n.讨论, 商议, 辩护律师vt.劝告, 忠告consul；n.领事council；n.政务会, 理事会, 委员会, 参议会, 讨论会议, 顾问班子, 立法班子18 conscious conscientiousconscious；adj.有意识的；神志清醒的He is hurt but still conscious.了解的；察觉的She was not conscious of his presence in the room.刻意的：故意设计或做的；刻意的：a conscious insult; made a conscious effort to speak more clearly。
