2016年職稱英語理工類復習易混淆詞匯(10)

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51.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.
    52.choose, pick, select, elect
    choose是一常用詞,表一般的“選擇”。
    pick通常用于不需要認真權衡,對比就能做出決定。
    select側重“在同類的許多東西中,進行有斟酌的精選”。
    elect指選舉或用其他方法推選人。
    53.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.
    54.complex, complicated
    均可表“復雜”。
    complex為常用詞。
    complicated為正式用詞,表由于組成部分太多,相互關系太復雜而不能理解,語氣很強。
    55.compose, consist, constitute
    compose為常用詞,常用被動語態(tài),如用主動語態(tài),主語應用復數(shù)形式。如:Twelve men compose a jury.(十二人組成陪審團。)
    consist表一個整體由幾個部分組成(只能用主動語態(tài))。如:The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Island.(聯(lián)合王國是由大不列顛及北愛爾蘭組 成。)
    constitute為正式用詞,與consist相反,表由哪些部分構成整體。如:Twelve months constitute a year.(一年有十二個月。)