高级英语词汇区别总结
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1. mix  blend
Mix: 意为多种成分的混合，各构成成分失去自身的存在
Blend: 指可和谐共存的事物的混合
Oil and water do not mix.
These two colors blend well.
2. rambling  rumbling
Rambling: 指（建筑物、街道）布局零乱的。
Rumbling: 指发生隆隆声
There are some rambling houses.
Listen! There is gun-fire rumbling in the distance.
3. relevant relative
Relevant: 意为切题的、恰当的、有重大关系的、有意义的逻辑联系
Relative: 着意于一物受他物影响而产生的依赖的关系。
The witness’s testimony is not relevant to the case.
Market values are always relative to the demand.
4. exhilarate exasperate
Exhilarate: 意为使高兴
Exasperate: 激怒，使烦恼。
I was exhilarated by her visit.
I was exasperated by all the noise.
5. jumble clutter
Jumble: 指不相同的东西混合在一起，混杂；
Clutter: 指许多物品堆挤在一起，散乱，杂乱。
His thoughts were all jumbled.
His desk is always cluttered.
6. terrified terrifying
Terrified: 意味着一种被恐惧镇住的紧张心情；
Terrifying: 指（声音、现象）本身具有令人恐怖的因素。
The terrified mother watched the dog attack her child.
What a terrifying voice.
7. contemptuous contemptible
Contemptuous: 指认为某物或某人卑鄙、无耻或毫无价值，并实际上也把这种看法表现出来
Contemptible: 指任何能引起鄙视或嘲笑的事物，往往指首先或行为准则。
She gave a contemptuous laugh.
The indifference of the on-lookers was really contemptible.
8. evade dodge
Evade: 指巧妙地躲避、逃脱，也指避免（充分、诚实）地回答问题
Dodge: 指与他人无害的，为了避免面对某人或某事而想出来的巧妙办法。
You shouldn’t evade paying tax due.
He dodged the falling rock and escaped unhurt.
9. intrude invade
Intrude: 常指侵犯别人的隐私，有时指无意和突然的侵入
Invade: 指用武装力量很快地侵入别人的领地。
The man was embarrassed at finding that he had intruded on the young lovers.
Hilter invaded Poland.
10. prevent withhold
Prevent: 预防、防止，它适用于人力所及范围，指运用强有力的或暴力的阻止手段，阻止反对某事。
Withhold: 意为“抵制”，“拒绝给予”
These rules are intended to prevent accident.
The company decided to withhold payment until they had completed the construction of the building.
11. incredible incredulous
Incredible: 表被动意义，指不能令人相信的，难以置信的；
Incredulous: 表示怀疑的
What she was achieved is incredible to us.
There is an incredulous look on his face.
12. sympathy empathy
Sympathy: 意为协调或共鸣，用于物时脂相互的影响，用于人时通常指精神上的共鸣，或指志趣爱好的投合；
Empathy: 指感情移入，具有了解别人之感觉或动机的能力。
I’m glad to find that we are in perfect sympathy.
I have empathy for the mother.
13. content contented
Content: 只作表语，表示某种程度上的满足
Contented: 表示心满意足，不想再多要。
He was content that the thing had happened.
Don’t be contented with little success.
14. perseverance persistence
Perseverance: 含不屈不挠和执着的意味，强调积极的忍耐，运用耐力排除各种困难
Persistence: 指坚持不懈，也含有固执的意义。
That shows his perseverance in the face of hardship.
She accepted his persistence in pressing the invitation.
15. moral morale
Moral: 主要指道德、品行、寓意
Morale: 主要指军队士气、精神面貌
He has no morals and will do anything for money.
The team’s morale was high after the victory.
16. separate segregate
Separate: 指使原先合在一起的东西分开，也可以指从中隔开，常和from搭配，有时还有区别开的意思。
Segregate: 指把两个团体或把一组人整体隔离，常指种族或宗教上的隔绝。
The Atlantic separates Europe from America.
The doctor decided to segregate people with infectious disease.
17. embitter agitate
Embitter: 使苦恼，怨恨，使痛苦
Agitate: 使激动，使狂躁不安，使焦虑。
She was embittered by her many disappointments.
He was much agitated about his father’s health.
18. noncommittal tentative
Noncommittal: 指在（争论，讨论中）不表示确定意见或立场，态度不明朗Tentative: 是指试验性质，尝试性的，（凭）推测的，暂时性的。
She gave me a noncommittal answer
It is just a tentative explanation.
19. scrub scrape
Scrub: 指用力擦洗，擦净，一般用水、毛巾、刷子等。
Scrape: 指用工具刮，刮削，削掉，刮磨。
He is scrubbing the floor.
Before eating, scrape the mould from the surface.
20. ingenuous ingenious
Ingenuous: 多指人的性格、行为等坦白、直率的，并含有天真、单纯，没有心计之义。
Ingenious: 指人机灵的，主要指头脑聪明，有发明的才能。
She gave ingenuous answers to all his questions.
He has an ingenious mind.
21. grudge malice
Grudge: 指对个人所怀有的恶意，通常暗示因受到某种实际的或想像的轻蔑或侮辱而产生的怨恨，并且常常暗示进行报复的决心；
Malice: 通常指根深蒂固的并且常常毫无道理或无法解释的恶意或怨恨，时常带有内心乐于做坏事，伤害他人，看到他人受苦之义。
I always feel she has a grudge against me, although I don’t know what wrong
I’ve done her .
There was no malice intended in what she said.
truncate的区别22. shrewd cunning
Shrewd: 指天生聪明的、机灵的，具有神奇洞察力的，通常也指精明而讲究实际的
Cunning: 强调运用智力来狡诈行骗，通常反映的是一种低层次的才智或恶劣的道德品质。
He is a shrewd business man.
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.

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