2018英语专四词汇同义词解析(二)

　　18.强盗

　　thief: The most general one.

　　(强盗) robber: It suggests a direct confrontation in which the owner is forced to give up his valuables.

　　(行凶强劫) mugger: A person who attacks and robs people in a street or in a lift.

　　burglar: A person who breaks into a house at night to steal something.

　　(歹徒 暴徒) gangster: A member of a group of criminals, esp. those who are

　　armed and use guns to threaten.

　　(匪徒) bandit: an armed robber.

　　It suggests an organized group in a rural setting.

　　(土匪) brigand: A robber who lives by robbing travelers in the country.

　　(海盗) pirate: A person who robs on the sea.

　　19.摇动,颤动

　　shake: The most general one. to move up and down or back and forth.

　　It refers to persons or things.

　　(发抖) quiver: To tremble a little.

　　It suggests a rapid but invisible vibration.

　　His lips quivered with emotion.

　　(颤抖) tremble: To shake uncontrollably and slightly as from fear, cold, excitement etc.

　　It implies uneasiness and nervousness.

　　Her voice trembled as she began to sing.

　　(瞬间发抖) shiver: To tremble from fear or cold.

　　It suggests a slight and rapid movement.

　　He stood shivering in the snow.

　　(极度颤动) quake: to shake or tremble violently.

　　It suggests a more violent and sudden change.

　　He quaked with excitement.

　　An explosion cam make the ground quake.

　　(抽筋般颤动) shudder: To shake uncontrollably for a movement.

　　It suggests a more intense shaking.

　　She shuddered at the sight of a snake.

　　20.说话 谈话

　　(说话)

　　speak: To use your voice to say words.

　　(说) say: To speak words.

　　(发出声音) utter: To make sound and say words.

　　drawl: To speak in a slow, prolonged manner.

　　mutter: To express displeasure with compressed lips.

　　rave: To talk in an angry, uncontrolled way.

　　gabble: To talk rapidly, making inarticulate sounds.

　　(谈论) remark: To mention it or comment on it.

　　(陈述) state: To say, express or put into words, esp. formally.

　　He stated his view.

　　(讲述) narrate: To tell formally in writing or speech or describe

　　something in order with intonation.

　　He narrated his adventure in the forest.

　　(详述) relate: To tell formally in details, to give an account of.

　　He related his experiences.

　　(讲演) address: To say in speech or writing to a person or group.

　　tell: To let people know about something.

　　talk: To say things to someone.

　　converse: To talk formally.

　　The scholars are conversing with each other on

　　linguistics.

　　chat: To talk in a friendly, familiar, informal manner.

　　The two friends sat in a corner and chatted.

　　chatter: To talk continuously rapidly about small things.

　　The schoolgirls went along chattering.

　　whisper: To talk in a low voice.

　　She whispered me not to talk so loudly.

　　murmur: To make a soft sound, esp. to speak or say in a quiet voice.

　　He often murmurs to himself.

　　(闲谈) gossip: To talk about the details of other people's actions

　　and private lives which may not correct or proper.

　　That woman is very fond of gossiping about others.

　　stammer: To speak with pauses and repeated sounds because of excitement, embarrassment.

　　stutter: To speak with pauses and repeated sounds because of

　　inherent speech defect.

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