高级英语词汇区别总结

The thief was very cunning.

23. pitiful sympathetic

Pitiful: 形容人或物可怜的，令人同情的 Sympathetic: 表示出于同情的，表示同情的。 The pitiful old lady died in a winter morning.

He was obviously sympathetic over what had happened.

24. anguish melancholy

Anguish: 指（精神、心灵）极度痛苦，悲痛

Melancholy: 形容内在的气质和经常的愁眉苦脸不是由外部原因引起的，这是一种习惯性的忧郁、低沉，而事实上并非有什么不愉快的事，它表现的是一种感伤而不是痛苦。

She was in anguish over her missing child. He gave me a melancholy smile.

25. stumble tumble

Stumble: 绊跌，绊脚，强调被。。。绊倒之意，也指跌跌撞撞地走，蹒跚而行驶

Tumble: 指摔倒，滚翻，跌跤，坠落。 He stumbled over the edge of the carpet and fell. She tripped and tumbled down the stairs.

26. on the whole as a whole

On the whole: 总的看来，大体上，指对多个事物权衡后得出结论

As a whole: 作为一整体，整个看来，前面往往有一个表示集体意义的名词。 I think, on the whole, we had better stay at home.

The temperature for the country as a whole is relatively high.

27. confine limit

Confine: 强调禁止或不能通过的边界，常表达严格的约束、遏制的含义，并带有限制、束缚、阻碍或抵制等含蓄意义；

Limit: 表示限制，通常指对时间、空间、数量、能量或产品等预先做出规定。 He is confined to his berth by seasickness. Try to limit your talk to ten minutes.

28. justifiable justified

Justifiable: 指在法律和道义上可证明为正当的，无可非议的，情有可原的 Justified: 指有理由，合情合理的，正当的。 What he did just now was hardly justifiable. He is fully justified in leaving the matter at that.

29. difficulty adversity Difficulty: 指任何困难

Adversity: 通常指严重的或连续的不幸，厄运或灾难 She has great difficulty in understanding him

In his adversity, I ever prayed that God would give him strength.

30. conserve preserve

Conserve: 指使保存完全、不受损，也表明被保存的对象，一旦用完就很难再有别的替代物了，含节省、节约之意。

Preserve: 指想办法保存起来或保持原样，它强调的是抵制破坏因素的想法。 We should try our best to conserve forests. All countries should preserve the world peace.

31. unconcerned unbent

Unconcerned: 漠不关心的，无忧虑的

Unbent: 不顺从的，不屈服的，松弛的，放松的。 He is unconcerned with politics. She was unbent after the exam.

32. keep from keep to

Keep from: 避开，阻止，防止，克制 Keep to: 局限于

He keeps from alcohol and tobacco.

She kept to herself in the ship and would speak to no one.

33. go to pieces break to pieces

Go to pieces: 瓦解，（在身体、精神、道德方面）崩溃，垮掉； Break to pieces: 成为碎片。

She went to pieces when her husband died. The glass fell and was broken to pieces.

34. falter waver

Falter: 表示因犹豫或恐惧等原因而声音颤抖或支吾结巴；

Waver: 强调犹豫不决，目的不明，也表示看得见、摇晃、不稳定的运动过程。

His voice faltered as he tried to speak.

She is wavering between going to a film and staying at home.

35. nervous fidgety

Nervous: 指敏感易激动的，担心的，担忧的

Fidgety: 指手脚或身体不停地动以至烦躁，不能潜心工作，常由紧张、无聊引起。

She was so nervous till her son came back.

Towards the end of the day the pupils become fidgety.

36. flick pluck

Flick: 指（鞭或指尖等）轻击，轻弹 Pluck: 意为摘，抓，拉。 He flicked the dust from his hat.

He plucked her to drag her away from the crowd.

37. put down put off

Put down: 贬低、奚落，使窘迫

Put off: 使不高兴，使泄气，使对。。。失去兴趣。 She is always putting her husband down. The accident put him off driving.

38. resemblance similarity.

Resemblance: 相似之处，相似程度，形似物，肖像，画像。

Similarity：相仿性，类似性，类似处，相仿处。有时暗指不同之处可忽略。 He bears a striking resemblance to his father.

We are going to explore some of the similarities and differences between British and American English.

39. customary habitual

Customary: 指有特色的，形容通常的或流行的做法、传统、用法等。 Habitual: 形容人习惯形成的品质或行为。 It is customary to give people gifts on their birthday. She gave me a habitual smile.

40. differentiate differ

Differentiate: 表示通过仔细比较事物的特征或特点察觉出事物间的特殊差别

Differ: 指意见、观点相反，缺乏共同点。 What is it that differentiates these two substances?

The detective asked us why our versions of the accident differed.

41. excel surpass

Excel: 常与at, in 连用，多指在某些好的或令人羡慕的事物上及技能上比他人更优越、更杰出。

Surpass: 指在数量上或程度上超出，也可以表示在能力上或素质上比他人优越。

He excels all of us in tennis.

I surpass my classmates in knowledge of history.

42. poverty impoverishment

Poverty: 指贫穷，贫困，也可以指各种形式、不同程度的经济贫困 Impoverishment：指人的精力耗尽，土地的肥力或事物的效益丧失等。 They are still living in grinding poverty.

Crop rotation has prevented the soil from impoverishment.

43. tiresome tiring

Tiresome: 指因某事无聊无趣，使人提不起精神而容易感觉疲劳，是人对事物的反应。

Tiring: 形容引起疲劳的事物，含客观意义。 He is a tiresome child who won’t do what he’s told. It has been a tiring climb.

44. tremble jerk

Tremble: 指人因恼怒、恐怖或激动等缘故而不能自己时人体不自主地抖动，也指一种快速的、轻微的抖动，但含不安、心绪不宁之义。

Jerk: 指有力、突然而粗暴的动作。

Her hands trembled with eagerness as she opened the letter. The bus jerked to a sudden stop.

45. to one’s feet on one’s feet