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英语相似词汇辨析
:struck, stricken
这两个词都是动词
strike
p>
的过去分词一般指“打击”,在现代
英语中,它们的使用场合有所不
同。
S
truck
用于一般打击、撞击、刺激,如:
They were
struck by lightning.
他们遭雷打了。
I was struck with a
wonderful idea.
我忽然间想起了一个很好的主意。
The workers stopped work
over wage deduction and the
contractors
were struck dumb by their strike.
工人为了克扣工资而罢工,而包工们看见他们罢工惊得目瞪口
呆。
by the determination of
their principal.
学生们深为他们校长的决心而感动。
She was struck with pity
for the old man.
她对那老人动了怜悯之心。
Their eyes were struck by
the awesome beauty of the
landscape.
令人叹为观止的美丽风景把他们慑住了。
Stricken
指受打击,受煎熬,只用于负面场合,较
struck
富感
情色彩,又多用于正式场合
;
试比
较:
The poor are struck most by the ever-
increasing housing
costs.
穷人受不断上涨的楼房费用打击最大。
The people in the village are stricken
with poverty.
村民受尽穷困的折磨。
The village was struck with
famine after a drought.
旱灾过后,该村正遭饥荒打击。
Many
people
in
backward
countries
are
stricken
with
famine
and epidemic disease.
在落后国家里,很多人受尽饥荒及瘟疫的煎熬。
以上
st
ricken
的用法也常以复合形容词形式出现,放在名词之
前
,
如:
poverty-
stricken
、
famine-
stricken
、
drought-
stricken
、
panic-
stricken
、
fever-
stricken
等等。
stricken
< br>也见于某些文学
语言中
(
如
p>
stricken in
years
年迈的
;stricken with remor
se
极为
懊悔的
)
。
有时候,在某些复合词中不用
stricken
,而用
struck
,如:
awe-
struck
,
thunder-struck
,
但在某些名词前,
却单个用
stricken
而不用
struck
,如:
a stricken
field
战场
;a stricken heart
忧
伤之心,对于这类词语,我们应当把它们看作固定的词组搭配。
真的!
genuine, real, true
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一天看动感英语节目,主持人说了三个真字:
genuine,
real, true
。主持人说的搭配是
:genuine
watch; real friend; true love.
< br>genuine
是指某东西表里一直,
不是假货
(
counterfeit/fake watches
)
;
real
指客观物质世
界的
“
存在
”,
强调人或事的实际存在意义,
不是虚假或编造的;
true“
真的
”
,
是指
精神世界的真实,
强调事实、故事、消息、信息、朋友、证人、爱情等是真的,不是假的
或错的。记得澳洲组
合
野人花园(
Sa
vage Garden
)
的那首经典作品吗?
Truly Madly Deeply
,快找来听听!
1.
gen'u'ine
S3 W3
1
a genuine feeling, desire
etc is one that you really feel, not one you
pretend to feel [= sincere]
genuine interest/concern/desire
etc
The reforms are
motivated by a genuine concern for the
disabled.
a genuine fear of
invasion
'Did he really?'
Her surprise seemed genuine.
2
something genuine really
is what it seems to be [= real]:
We
need laws that will protect genuine
refugees.
The strap is
genuine leather.
3
someone
who
is
genuine
is
honest
and
friendly
and
you
feel
you
can
trust
them [≠
false]:
She is the most
genuine person I've ever met.
4
the genuine
article
a)
informal
a person or thing
that is a true example of their type:
If you want to meet a real Southerner,
Jake is the genuine article.
b)
something that is real
and is not a copy intended to deceive people:
Some fake designer clothes are so good
that people have no idea they're
not
buying the genuine article.
—
genuinely
adverb
:
The boy
seemed genuinely interested.
—
genuineness
noun
[uncountable]
2.
real
1
S1 W1
1important
something that is
real exists and is important:
There is
a real danger that the disease might
spread.
We need to tackle
the real problems of unemployment and
poverty.
There is
no real
reason to
worry.
2not
artificial
something that is real is
actually what it seems to be
and not
false or artificial [≠ fake]:
a coat made of real fur
She had never seen a
real
live
elephant before.
Artificial flowers can sometimes look
better than
the real
thing
.
3not
imaginary
something that is real
actually exists and is not just
imagined:
The children know
that Santa Claus isn't a real person.
Dreams can sometimes seem very
real.
Things don't happen
quite that easily
in real
life
.
4
the real
world
used to talk about the difficult
experience of living
and working with
other people, rather than being protected at home,
at
school, or at college:
the shock of leaving university and
going out into the real world
5true
[only before noun]
actual and true, not invented:
That's
not her real name.
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