❖ 相对同义词, 这些词在概念意义上基本相同, 但在所表达的理 性意义、色彩意义和用法方面存在着细微差别, 所以也称为 近义词。
E.g. help --- aid careful --- cautious end --- finish --- complete care --- concern --- anxiety --- worry able --- capable --- competent --- qualified
C. Social opposites : husband – wife teacher-student finance -fiancée
反义词的应用
❖ 把反义词放在一起用,使两个词相得益彰,可产生对比强烈 ,形象鲜明的效果。英语的成语当中,有一类成对词就是用 反义词组成的:
❖ first and last(总的来说), ❖ to play fast and loose(反复无常),等等。 ❖ 许多谚语里都成对地使用反义词: ❖ “More haste, less speed”(欲速则不达), ❖ “United we stand, divided we fall”(团结则存,分裂则亡), ❖ "Hope for the best and prepare for the worst"(从最好处希望
(1)The assertion of one means the denial of the other,and the denial of one means the assertion of the other.
(2)can’t be modified by “very” (3)Do not have comparative and superlative degrees (4)Do not have intermediate degrees