quicken: stresses a sudden arousal or renewal of physical, spiritual, or intellectual life or activity especially in something inert: the arrival of spring ~s the earth. renew恢复续约续借 inert惰性惯性,指人不愿活动 又如his interest quickened as he heard more about the plan他越听这个计划越觉得感兴趣,如the high salary quickened her desire to have the job高工资激发她找工作的愿望
animate: emphasizes the imparting of motion or vitality to what was previously deficient in or lacking such a quality: telling details that ~ the family story. animate强调动作motion,如an animated cartoon动画卡通,来自ANIM词根表示breath,soul呼吸和灵魂,由此,这个词还表示精神高气氛热烈,如an animated discussion of current events热烈地讨论时事 deficient<-->sufficient telling 1、有力的有说服力的,2、显著的明显的,这里两个意思都可以用
enliven: suggests a stimulating influence that arouses from dullness or torpidity: ~ed his lecture with humorous anecdotes. (stimulate刺激suggests a rousing out of lethargy, quiescence, or indifference表示使不再困倦静止冷淡,如the challenge stimulated them to work faster这一挑战刺激他们加速工作,如America's priority is rightly to stimulate its economy美国的首要任务自然是刺激经济) dull和torpor同义,都表示迟钝呆滞slow or sluggish,如monotonous work that left his mind dull单调的工作使他思维迟钝
vivify: implies a freshening or energizing through the imparting or renewal of vitality: her appearance ~ies a weary drawing-room drama. 形容词vivid也是生动的,强调"清晰"producing very clear pictures in your mind,如vivid memories清晰的记忆,如he gave a vivid account of his life as a fighter pilot他生动地描述了他那战斗机飞行员的生活 又如a smile may vivify a face微笑使脸变得生动,outings vivify learning for children出游能够使孩子的学习变得生动
quicken激发: 指忽然唤发生机活力,animate生动: 强调赋予动作,enliven生动: 表示进行刺激,使不再迟缓,vivify生动: 指赋予清新活力
记忆方法: 1)首字母QEAV想成乌克兰首都基辅<==生动
2)生动的意思是使有活力mean to make alive or lively.
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