E字头
1.economic
economical 两者都是
形容词,但词义不同。
economic意为"经济上的","经济学的";而
economical意为"节约的","节省的",常用于"be
economical of"结构。例如:
economic growth经济增长
an
economical person节俭的人
典型考题:Being of money,she managed to save enough for a holiday.
A.economic B.
economical C.economics D.economies
答案为B.句意:由于节省,她设法储够了度假的钱。economics经济学,经济情况;economies节约,节省,节俭。
2.
efficient effective
形容词
efficient与effective都表示"有效的"。
efficient指"有效率的","高效率的","有能力的",常指人;而effective表示"有效的","效率好的","得力的",常指政策、措施等。如:
a very
efficient production manager 一位非常得力的生产经理
effective teaching 效果好的教学
典型考题:A lawyer needs an secretary.
A.in
efficient B.
efficient C.effective D.sufficient
答案为B.句意:律师需要一位能干的秘书。in
efficient不能胜任的,没有能力的;sufficient充分的,足够的。
3.electric
electrical electric与
electrical均作形容词用,但前者用来指"用电来驱动的","由电产生的",后者为"与电有关的"。另外electric还可以表示"令人震惊的"。例如:
an electric torch(generator)电筒(发电机)
an
electrical engineer电机工程师
典型考题:His speech had an
effect on the crowd;they all cheered him.
A.electric B.
electrical C.electronic D.elastic
答案为A.句意:他的演说震撼人心,整个人群都向他欢呼。 electronic电子的;elastic有弹性的。
4.
eminent imminent
eminent和imminent都是形容词,词形相似,但词义不同。
eminent指"著名的","卓越的","杰出的"; imminent指"即将发生的","迫在眉睫的"。例如:
Washington was
eminent both as a general and as president.华盛顿作为一位将军和总统,都是出类拔萃的。
The black clouds and the lightning show that a storm is imminent.乌云和闪电表明暴风雨即将来临。
典型考题:As we know,Churchill was one of the world's most statesmen.
A.
eminent B.imminent C.illicit D.explicable
答案为A.句意:众所周知,邱吉尔是世界上最卓越的政治家之一。A与B较易混淆,前者意为"著名的";后者意为"逼近的","即将发生的"。illicit违法的;explicable可解释的,可说明的。
5.emotional emotive
emotional与emotive并不同义,却常被混淆。emotional表示"充满感情的","易动感情的",主语多为人;
emotive表示"使人激动的","令人感动的"之意,主语多为物。如:
an emotional person 易动感情的人
an emotive speech 令人感动的演讲
典型考题:Women are often said to be more than men.
A.emotions B.motions C.emotional D.emotive
答案为C.句意:常常说女人比男人易动感情。emotions是人类精神情感的总称,包括喜、怒、哀、乐等情绪;motions运动,动作。
6.enviable
envious enviable表示"值得羡慕的",多作定语用。如an enviable possession一笔令人羡慕的财产。而
envious表示"羡慕的","嫉妒的",常用于短语be
envious of(羡慕......,嫉妒......)。
典型考题:Mary would always be of her sister's beauty.
A.envoy B.various C.enviable D.
envious 答案为D.句意:玛丽总是嫉妒她妹妹的美丽。envoy使节,公使;various各种各样的,不同的。
7.equal
equivalent equal与
equivalent近义。但equal指在大小、质量、数量、形状、价值等方面相当或相等,常用词组be equal to(等于,和......相等),而
equivalent指在意义、重要性等抽象的方面相当或相等。另外,equal可作名词用,表"对手","匹敌者"。如:
equal pay for equal work 同工同酬
His
behavior is
equivalent to treason.他的行为等于背叛。
典型考题:John knows so much about the stars that I am sure it would be impossible to find his .
A.similar B.reflection C.equal D.
equivalent 答案为C.句意:约翰对星球的知识如此渊博,我可以断定没有人可以与他匹敌。similar类似的,和to连用;reflection倒影,反射。
8.exhausting exhaustive
exhausting与exhaustive是同根
形容词,但词义差别很大。exhausting意为"使人疲惫不堪的","筋疲力尽的"。而exhaustive表示"彻底的","无遗漏的","广泛的"。如:
We had a long and exhausting meeting this morning.今天上午我们开了一个使人疲倦的长会。
I don't claim to be exhaustive on this subject.
我并不认为自己把这个问题讲透了。
典型考题:The professor did research before writing the article.
A.exhausting B.exhaustive C.exhibited D.executed
答案为B.句意:这位教授在写这篇文章之前,做了全面的调查研究。exhibit展览,陈列; execute执行,如execute orders执行命令。
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