同义词 Flashcards
小气的,节俭的
cheap –> frugal –> parsimonious
很大的
big, huge –> gigantic, enormous, giant, massive, massive –> titanic, colossal –> astronomical –> gargantuan, elephantine
感觉很痛苦
feel terrible –> in distress
感觉很焦虑
anxious -> fretful
浪费时间
waste time –> delay –> procrastinate –> loiter, dally (vi.), dawdle (通常是漫无目的的)
偷偷的,秘密的
secretive –> furtive, clandestine, surreptitious
脾气坏的
with a bad temper, ill-tempered –> grumpy, peevish, spleenful -> curmudgeon (n. usually an old man)
很容易轻信人的
naive –> gullible, credulous
声音渐渐变强的
louder –> crescendo
假冒的
fake –> inauthentic -> counterfeit (usually about valuable things), bogus, forged, phony, spurious
扭曲
twist –> distort -> contort (usually grotesque)
潮湿的
damp, moist, humid –> dank
持续性强的, 长久的
enduring, long-lasting, everlasting –> permanent, timeless -> abiding, ageless, immortal, imperishable –> perennial, perpetual
异常的
unusual, abnormal, irregular -> rare -> aberrant, anomalous, exceptional, unwonted
恢复
recover –> heal -> recuperate -> convalesce, rehabilitate
灾难
disaster -> tragedy -> debacle -> apocalypse, calamity
垂头丧气的
feel down, feel blue -> discouraged -> dejected, dispirited -> crestfallen
召开会议
call for a meeting -> assemble, convene, summon -> convoke a conference
不同意,不赞同
disapprove -> reject, refuse -> chide
愚笨的
stupid, dull -> crass, vulgar
证实
confirm, support -> verify, validate -> certify, substantiate, vindicate -> corroborate
放弃
give up -> relinquish, surrender -> abnegate, abdicate
粗鲁的
rude -> blunt -> curt, impertinent, impudent
恨。。。
hate -> hatred (n.) rancor (n.) -> despise -> odium (widespread hatred) -> loathe, abhor, abominate
和。。。相反
go against -> contradict -> contravene (vt. i.e. ~ traditions)
对。。熟悉
familiar with -> conversant
应该收到责备的
guilty -> blamable -> culpable, censurable
拒绝做某事
abstain -> refrain from
很难懂的
difficult to understand / comprehend -> deep -> profound -> abstruse
赞美,表扬
praise -> glorify, acknowledgement -> tribute, accolade, adulate (usually it’s more than necessary), extol, exalt
讥讽的,尖刻的
bitter -> resentful -> acrid -> acerbic -> acrimonious, vitriolic
崇拜
admire -> worship, idolize -> adulate
变得习惯
get used to -> get accustomed to -> acclimate herself to ..
宠坏
spoil -> indulge -> pamper -> mollycoddle (usually about health / welfare)
变弱, 恶化
decline, downfall -> degrade, downgrade -> ebb, decade, deteriorate, debilitate
友善的,友好的
friendly -> agreeable, amicable
让人生气
make sb. angry -> bother, annoy, irritate, rouse somebody’s anger -> exasperate, aggravate, nettle, ruffle the feathers, vex, rankle
暂停
waiting period, delay -> suspension -> moratorium (usually legally authorized)
静音或者让。。小声
mute, stifle ->muffle,
梦想,幻想
dream, hope -> illusion, mirage
错觉,幻想
delusion -> hallucination
很多的
a lot of, many, a great number of, plentiful -> a myriad of, innumerable, abundant, profuse (adj.)
让人恶心要呕吐的
make sb.. sick -> disgust -> nauseate
疏忽的,没有觉察的
careless -> negligent, neglectful -> oblivious -> derelict, remiss
很大方的,慷慨的
generous -> charitable -> munificent
衣着整洁的
neat, tidy -> sharp -> dapper, natty, spruce (adj.)
口气讽刺的
sarcastic -> acerbic, acrid -> mordant, acidulous
灰暗的,朦胧的
dark, gloomy -> dimmed, lightless, somber -> murky, dusk, obscure
邪恶的
evil -> vicious -> wicked -> impious, nefarious, diabolical, heinous, vile, odious, malevolent, with turpitude (n. 卑鄙,奸恶), with depravity,
很感情化的,感伤的
emotional -> effusively sentimental -> corny -> mawkish (感情让人作呕的), cloying (感情甜的发腻的)-> maudlin (tearful)
弄伤
injure, crush, tear apart -> mangle
身体柔软敏捷的
flexible -> bendy -> lissome, lithe,
快活高兴的,
merry, cheerful -> spirited, joyous, jolly -> jocund (spirited), jovial (fellowship), jocular, jaunty
幽默的
funny, humorous -> jocular, droll, jovial, jocund
类似的 相关的 合适的
relevant,approapriate -> germane
勇敢的
brave, courageous, full of gut -> heroic, fearless, undaunted -> gallant, intrepid, plucky, stalwart, stout, valiant
不需要的
unnecessary -> gratuitous
高兴
be happy -> be delighted, be joyful, sprightly -> exuberant, exult, ecstatic, elated
穿得很花哨的
dazzle -> flamboyant -> garish, ostentatious
friendly
friendly, easygoing -> amicable -> affable