英语词汇,常见英语意思相近、用法却不同的近义词汇总!
1、happen , take place
二者都有“发生”的意思。
happen指事情的发生,往往带有"偶然"的意思。
It happens that I am free today. 恰好今天我没有事。
take place指事先安排或策划好而后发生,没有"偶然"的意思。
2、must, have to
must表示说话人的主观看法;而have to则表示客观需要。mustn t意为“不可以;不允许”;don t have to意为“不必”。如:
(1)My father had to work when he was ten years old.
(2)The play is not interesting. I really must go now.
3、arrive , reach , get to
三者都有“到达”之意。
reach为及物动词。They reached Tianjin yesterday.
昨天他们到达天津。
arrive为不及物动词,后面接介词in或at。
get to常用于口语,可代替前二者。
4、because , because of
二者均表示“因为”
because是连词,引导状语从句。
We stayed at home because it rained.
因为下雨,我们呆在家。
because of是短语介词,后面接名词性词语。
We stayed at home because of the rain .
因为下雨,我们呆在家。
5、in front of, in the front of
in front of…意思是"在……前面",指甲物在乙物之前,两者互不包括;其反义词是behind(在……的后面)。
如:He walked in fount of me.
他走在我的前面。
There are some flowers in fount of the house.
房子前面有些花卉。
in the front of 意思是"在某一空间内的前部",即甲物在乙物的范围之内;其反义词是at the back of…(在……范围内的后部)。
如:There is a big desk and a blackboard in the fount of our classroom.
我们的教室前边有一张大桌子和一块黑板。
Our teacher stands in the fount of the classroom.
我们的老师站在教室前。
6、look , see , watch
三者都有“看”的意思。
look是看的过程。
I looked , but saw nothing . 我看了,但什么也没看见。
see是看的结果。
see a film看电影
see a play看戏(话剧)
watch是看移动的事物或定晴地看。
watch a football match看足球比赛。
watch TV看电视