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  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.inefficient B.efficient C.effective D.sufficient



  答案为B.句意:律师需要一位能干的秘书。inefficient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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