2016職稱英語(yǔ)《理工類》易混淆詞匯資料(10)

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1.childish, childlike
    childish幼稚的。如:It was very childish of him to lose his temper over something so unimportant.
    childlike孩子般天真的。如:When she won the gold medal, there was childlike smile on her face.
    2.choose, pick, select, elect
    choose是一常用詞,表一般的“選擇”。
    pick通常用于不需要認(rèn)真權(quán)衡,對(duì)比就能做出決定。
    select側(cè)重“在同類的許多東西中,進(jìn)行有斟酌的精選”。
    elect指選舉或用其他方法推選人。
    3.cloth, clothing
    cloth布。如:I need three yards of cloth to make a suit.
    clothing衣服(總稱)。如:You’d better give all the old clothing away.
    4.complex, complicated
    均可表“復(fù)雜”。
    complex為常用詞。
    complicated為正式用詞,表由于組成部分太多,相互關(guān)系太復(fù)雜而不能理解,語(yǔ)氣很強(qiáng)。
    5.compose, consist, constitute
    compose為常用詞,常用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài),如用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài),主語(yǔ)應(yīng)用復(fù)數(shù)形式。如:Twelve men compose a jury.(十二人組成陪審團(tuán)。)
    consist表一個(gè)整體由幾個(gè)部分組成(只能用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài))。如:The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Island.(聯(lián)合王國(guó)是由大不列顛及北愛(ài)爾蘭組 成。)
    constitute為正式用詞,與consist相反,表由哪些部分構(gòu)成整體。如:Twelve months constitute a year.(一年有十二個(gè)月。)