【同义词辨析】 2019-10-06 国庆笔记《一些记忆小窍门part 6》

第六部分

1) polite礼貌, 谐音implies polish of speech and manners,polish磨亮优雅修养to rub something,如a conversation as polite as it was condescending谈话既礼貌又显得屈尊

2) business事务营业关心的事,首字母Tod,stresses duty or office or an imposed task,如quality is everyone's business每个人都应关心质量. Tod是百万英镑里的店员,比喻癞蛤蟆toad

3) faith信念和certitude坚信互释,可见certitude程度之深,如believed in his innocence with a fair degree of certitude坚信无辜

4) foreboding不祥预感,感到害怕,谐音suggests fear that is oppressive, unreasoning, or indefinable,如the deserted streets filled me with strange foreboding废旧街区让我感到害怕(不祥之兆)。

5) mode时尚,谐音implies fashion of the moment短暂的时尚,如in mode流行,out of mode过时

6) suppress压制,谐音implies a determination to subdue,如 suppressed all opposition压制一切反对

7) deteriorate和impair互释,都表示损坏降低,使不再complete and efficient健全有效,用于健康记忆力量等,如the deterioration of her memory in recent years近年记忆下降,如years of smoking impaired his health损害健康