They agree in the idea of combination,chiefly political,for a common object.这几个词都指为了某一共同目标(主要是政治目标)而结成的集团。Alliance applies particularly to a joining of interests on the part of families (by marriage) or of states (by compact or treaty);it is als...[继续阅读]

    They denote in addition and are used when joining (not necessarily in the same sentence) one proposition or consideration to another.这四个词都表示某种事物、现象、动作等同样存在、重复或继续发生、进行,相当于汉语中的也,亦。Also adds to a statement something th...[继续阅读]

    They mean to cause or enable one to pass ones time in pleasant or agreeable occupations.这几个词都指使人愉快地度过时光,或感到高兴和欢乐。Amuse means passing your time in a very pleasant way.It stresses the engagement of ones attention,especially during hours of leisure,in a so...[继续阅读]

    These words mean a person from whom one is descended.这三个词均指某个人、某个家族或某个民族的前辈,而且往往是年代久远和较早的上代。Ancestor,especially in genealogical and in historical use,implies lineal descent through ones father or mother,but it is seldom appli...[继续阅读]

    These words denote emotional excitement induced by intense displeasure.这几个词都表示因为极度不满而引起的感情激动。Anger,the generic term of this group,names merely the emotional reaction; the word in itself suggests no definite degree of intensity and carries no necessary imp...[继续阅读]

    They mean feeling or showing strong displeasure or bad temper.这几个词都指因为不满意而感到或表现出很不愉快或发脾气。Angry is chiefly applied to persons or their moods,acts,looks,or words. It implies emotional excitement,usually exhibited as by an inflamed countenance or inf...[继续阅读]

    These words refer to living things other than plants.这三个词都指生物的一大类。这一类生物多以有机物为食料,有神经,有感觉,能运动。Animal may refer to all such beings,as in biological terminology where life is divided into two groups,plants and animals.In common use,h...[继续阅读]

    They mean to say or write or sometimes to do something in return as to a question,a call,a request,or a charge.这几个词都表示对某一问题、请求、呼吁或指责等,以口头或书面形式作出答复、解释,或用行动作出反应。One answers a question,call,or appeal,or to the pe...[继续阅读]

    These words all mean to come out into view.In use,however,they are only rarely interchangeable.这三个词都指原来看不见的变得看得见,但含义不同,一般不可互换使用。Appear is weakest in its implication of a definite physical background or a source,consequently it sometimes me...[继续阅读]

    They denote the outward show presented by a person or thing.这四个词都指人或物的外表、外貌。Appearance is the most neutral of these terms,making only a flat assertion of what one perceives.It is used to accent the contrast between what seems to be so and what is the fact...[继续阅读]