2022考研英语核心词汇辨析4这两个动词都有“集中“的意思。 concentrate v.集中，集中精力(后接on，宾语可以是详细或抽象的东西)；浓缩，压缩。 During exams, students concentrate hard on answering the questions.考试期间，同学们集中精力回答下列问题。 focus v.集中(于某事物)；将(留意力等)集中于(后接on，宾语一般不是详细的东西)。 Please focus your minds on the following problem.请集中考虑以下问题。 confinement, limitation, restraint 这一组名词都有“限制，局限“的意思。 confinement n.限制，囚禁(于某地或某种境地)。 The prisoner was sentenced to three months” solitary confinement.那犯人被判处单独监禁三个月。 limitation n.限制，局限；(力量的)缺点，弱点。 That employee has limitations on what work he can do.那个雇员能做的工作有限。 restraint n.抑制，抑制；约束措施。 Even though the mother was very angry, she acted with restraint and didn”t yell at her child.即使母亲很生气，她仍抑制自己没有向孩子大吼。 considerable, considerate 这是一对形近易混的形容词。 considerable a.相当大的，相当多的；值得考虑的。 That family owns a considerable amount of land.那个家族拥有大量的土地。 considerate a.考虑周到的，爱护的，后面常跟of构造。 He is always considerate of others; he is kind and sympathetic.他总是很体谅别人，他很慈善并且富有怜悯心。 conserve, preserve, reserve 这是一组形近易混词，且都有“保存“的意思。 conserve v.保存，保藏，爱护(强调整约)。 In winter, some people conserve energy by lowing the heat at night.冬天，为节省能源有些人在夜里把暖气调小。 preserve v.爱护；维持；保养；防止(食物)腐败(强调使不受破坏)。 The government preserves the rights of the individual person.政府爱护个人的权利不受侵害。 reserve v.保存，储藏(强调为某一特别目的)；订(座位)，预定。 We are reserving these seats for my parents.我们把这些座位留给我的父母。 continual, continuous, constant, incessant 这一组形容词都有“不断的，不停的“的意思。 continual a.连续不断的；频繁的。表示时断时续的发生。 That dog”s barking is a continual annoyance.那条狗不停地叫，真是烦死人了。 continuous a.不停的，连续不断的，强调中间不停顿。 Our homes and offices need a continuous supply of electricity.我们的家庭以及办公室需要不连续的供电。 constant a.不断的，常常的，强调始终如一地常常消失。 Everything in the universe is in constant motion.宇宙中的万物都在不断地运动。 incessant a.不停的，持续不断的，强调令人厌烦地重复消失，中间有可能有停顿。 Incessant noise makes me appreciate silence.持续不断的噪声骚扰使我喜爱宁静的环境。 convert, invert, revert, transform 这一组动词都有“转变“的意思。 convert v.转变，变换，含有“使某人转变观点“的意思。 He wants to convert to Catholicism.他要皈依天主教。 invert v.使颠倒，使倒转，使反向。经常表示位置、挨次、方向等的颠倒。 The baby inverted the cup and spilled her orange juice.婴儿把杯子打翻，弄洒了里面的橙汁。 revert v.归还，恢复原状。指回到原来的状态或情形。 John gave his brother a house, and when his brother died, ownership reverted back to John.约翰送给他的哥哥一所房子，当他的哥哥去世后，房子的全部权重新归于约翰。 transform v.转变，转变，指外形、颜色、大小、性质等的转变。 A little paint will soon transform the old house.刷一点油漆很快就会使这所旧房子大为改观。 credible, credulous, plausible 这一组形容词都有“可信的“意思。 credible a.可信的，牢靠的。 That the student told the teacher a credible story that she missed classes because she was sick.那个学生跟教师讲了实情，她没来上课是由于她病了。 credulous a.轻信的，易于信任的。 She was credulous when she listened to the salesman and bought the car for too much money.她很简单轻信别人，竟然听信那个销售员的话以高价买了那辆车。 plausible a.好像有理的(可信的)。常带有疑心的意思。 Even though it is a plausible explanation, I am not completely convinced.虽然这个解释合理，但仍不行能使我完全信任。 decline, refuse, reject, deny 这组动词都有“拒绝“的意思。 decline v.婉言拒绝，谢绝，相当于refuse politely，主要用于拒绝有关社交活动的邀请或要求帮忙的恳求，后接名词或动词不定式，主语只能是人。 I invited her to join us, but she declined.我邀请她和我们在一起，可是她婉言谢绝了。 refuse v.是比拟一般的用词，表示“拒绝“，含有特别坚决地、不客气地拒绝的意思。 reject v.抛弃，不接受，主语可以是人或物，后接名词，不能接动词不定式。 He asked her to go to the movies three times, and each time she rejected him.他三次约她去看电影，但每一次都被拒绝。 deny v.否认，否认，其后可接名词，代词或that从句。 The defendant denied the accusations made against him in court.被告在法庭上否认了对他的指控。 deduce, induce, reduce 这是一组形近易混词。 deduce v.推断，推理，演绎。 My friend becomes quiet when his girlfriend is angry with him; today he is quiet and so I deduce she is angry.我的朋友在他的女朋友生他的气的时候就会变得缄默，今日他很缄默，所以我推断她生气了。 induce v.引诱，劝；引起，导致。 We couldn”t induce the old lady to travel by air.我们无法劝告那位老太太坐飞机去。 reduce v.减轻，减小；降低。 He reduced his weight by 20 pounds by eating less and exercising.他通过节食和运动，体重减轻了20磅。 delay, postpone 这两个词都有“延迟“之意。 delay v.延期，延缓，耽误，常指由于不行避开的障碍等缘由而延期。 Her late arrival delayed the start of the meeting.她的迟到使会议延迟开头。 postpone v.耽误，暂缓，常指将某事放置一边，等到另一事发生或肯定时间后再做。 Our meeting for today was postponed until next week.我们今日的会议推迟到下周进行。 demonstrate, illustrate 这两个词都有“说明“的意思。 demonstrate v.多指通过详细动作或物体进展演示、示范、表演、展现等以到达说明或解释的目的。 This salesman demonstrated how to cook with a pressure cooker.这个推销员当众演示如何用压力锅煮东西。 illustrate v.强调通过举例、列图表或比拟等方式来说明道理。 The teacher illustrated the history lesson by telling a story about George Washington.那个教师通过乔治华盛顿的故事来叙述他的历史课。 disappear, vanish, fade 这一组词都有“消逝“的意思。 disappear v.消逝，不见；灭亡，不复存在。是个一般用语。 The little dog was just there, then he disappeared.那条小狗刚刚就在那里，然后就不见了。 vanish v.消逝，不见，指突然间化为乌有，强调特别彻底地、神奇莫测地消逝、失踪。 The man ransinto