專八考試-內部培訓資料——易混淆詞匯分析
形近詞辨析 ★historic與historical historic: famous in history, 歷史上著名的 historical: belong to history 歷史上的 ★electric與electrical electrical: worked by, changed with, 用電的,帶電的, 有電的 ~ current/cable electrical: ~ engineering/apparatus ★economic與economical economic: of economics ~ policy/geography/crisis/crops economical: careful in the spending of money 經濟的,節儉的 an ~ housewife/store ★industrial與industrious industrial: of industries 工業的 the ~ revolution/products/system industrious: hard-working 努力的 ~ people ★considerable與considerate considerable: great much 相當多(大)的 a ~ income/distance considerate: thoughtful 體諒的, She is ~ to others. ★sensible與sensitive sensible: reasonable, 實用的, 明知的 a ~ woman/idea/ 豁達的婦女/明知的觀點 ~ clothes 實用的衣服 sensitive: quick to receive 敏感的 a ~ skin ~ paper 感光紙 ★continual與continuous continual: going on all the time without stopping repeatedly, 連續的,斷斷續續的 ~ rain/noise continuous: going on without a break,連續不斷的 ~ fight/work ★intense與intensive intense: high in degree 強烈的, 劇烈的,高度的 ~ heat熾熱/pain an ~ lady 熱情的女子 intensive: deep and thorough 精深的, 集中的 ~ reading/study徹底研究/agriculture密集農業 ★respectable、respective與respectful respectable: deserving respect, 值得尊敬的,有名望的 a ~ man/profession respectful: showing respect 尊敬人的,有禮貌的, He is always ~to the elders. respective: belongs to each of these 分別的,各自的 They sat on their ~ chairs. ★imaginable、imaginary與imaginative imaginable:: that can be imagined 可想象的 ~ difficulties imaginary: existing only in the mind, unreal 想象中的, 不真實的 ~ figure imaginative: of, having, using imagination 有想象力的, 運用想象力的 a ~ writer ★intelligent、intelligible與intellectual intelligent: having, showing intelligence, clever 有才智的, 聰明的 an ~ looking girl ~ answer intelligible: clear to mind, that can be easily understood. 易了解的, 易領悟的 an ~ speech/explanation intellectual: possessing a great deal of knowledge 知識的, 智力的 ★contemptible與contemptuous contemptible: deserving contempt 可卑的 a ~ lie contemptuous: showing contempt 表示輕視的 a ~ look ★credible、credulous與creditable credible: that can be believed 可信的, 可靠的 a ~ witness credulous: too ready to believe things. 輕易相信的, 易上當的 He always cheats ~ people. creditable: that brings credit. 可稱贊的 a ~ record/deed/effort ★alternate與alternative alternate: changing by turns 輪流的, 交替的 alternative: giving a choice between two things 選擇的, 兩者選一的 ★comparable與comparative comparable 可比較的, 有類似之處的 There is no scenery comparable to that of the West lake. comparative 比較而言的, 相當的 He lived in comparative comfort recently. ★politic與political politic 精明的 political 政治的 ★beneficial與beneficent beneficial 有益的 beneficent 多多行善的 ★official與officious official 官方的 officious 多管閑事的 ★potent與potential potent 強有力的 potential 潛在的, 可能的 ★confident與confidential confident 有信心的, 自信的 confidential 機密的 ★negligent與negligible negligent 忽視的,粗心大意的 negligible 可忽視的 ★momentary與momentous momentary 瞬時的,短時的 momentous 重大的 ★memorable與memorial memorable 值