teem: implies productiveness or fecundity: the rivers ~ed with fish and the woods with game. (fecund多产emphasizes abundance or rapidity in bearing fruits or offspring or projects, inventions, or works of art,如came from a remarkably fecund family多产的家庭,如her fecund imagination她丰富的想像)
abound: implies plentitude in numbers or amount and usually stresses profusion: the sturdy maples with which the local forests ~. (plentiful或plenty, plentitude意思是great rich supply大量供应,有时间最好背下来) (profuse大量pouring forth without restraint in a stream和pour forth是谐音好记,如uttered profuse apologies一再道歉)
swarm: usually stresses motion and thronging, but it may suggest infestation: tenements that ~ed with rats and other vermin. (infest昆虫动物大量出没,侵扰implies that insects or animals are present in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease,如shark-infested waters鲨鱼大量出没的水域,如the city is infested with cockroaches这座城市蟑螂成灾) 不要错写成"tenament" vermin表示害兽鸟虫看作是复数,还表示歹徒
overflow: adds to abound the notion of glutting or of exceeding someone's or something's capacity to contain or use: ~ing with human kindness. (glut充斥implies an excess in feeding or supplying that chokes or impedes,如bookstores glutted with diet books充斥减肥书,其中choke是窒息哽噎,impede表示阻碍)
teem多产丰富: 表示多产,abound大量慷慨: 指数量大,或毫不吝啬,swarm蜂群大群密集: 表示移动推挤,或表示害虫出没,overflow充满洋溢: 表示量大到超出容量用量
记忆方法: 1)首字母TASO想成燕麦oats<==物产丰富
2)丰富的意思是大量丰富mean to be plentifully supplied with or rich in.
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