MBA全国联考英语词汇易混淆的词汇五
发布时间：2010/1/23 22:24:56 来源：城市学习网 编辑：紫藤
1. base, basis
base表事物的下部的底部，多用于具体事物。
basis多用于比喻，主要指命题的基础。如：His ideas have no basis in reality.(他的意见缺乏现实基础。)
2. beat, win
beat表在比赛和战斗中打败对手，后接对手作宾语。
Win作及物动词时，其宾语为游戏、比赛、战斗、奖金等名词。如：He has won the race.(他赢得了赛跑的胜利。)
3. beneath, below, under
beneath表示同表面接触，与on 相对。Below表示“在下面，低于”，与above相对。
under表示“在……正下方”与over相对。
4. beside, besides
beside在……旁边。如：Come and sit beside me.
besides除……之外。如：I have two other umbrellas besides this one.
5. big, great, large
big强调体积，质量，容量和重量大。如：a big box。Big也有抽象意义，指重大的事件或行为。如：a big mistake
great带感情色彩，多指程度和质量，指具体事物或人时，表“突出”，“引人注目”。如：a great man
large多指面积，数目或数量大。如：a large population, a large number等。
6. bloom, blossom
bloom多指供观赏植物的开花。如：The roses are blooming.
blossom多指果树等植物的开花。如：The apple trees are blossoming.
7. borrow, lend
borrow借入。如：Can I borrow your pen for a moment?
lend把……借给。如：Can you lend me your bike?
8. bring, take
bring带来。如：Bring me some water, please.
take拿走。如：Shall I take some flowers when I go and see her?
9. calculate, compute, estimate
calculate通常指用数学方法进行比较复杂，难度较大的精确计算。如：You can’t expect a schoolboy to calculate distances in astronomy.
compute常指比较简单的运算。如：It was computed that two thirds of the students in the class passed the examination.
estimate估计，常指对数量、成本等事先进行判断或估计。如：Some farmers asked the weatherman to estimate next year’s rainfall.
10. cheat, deceive, trick
cheat欺骗，常用词，主要指为了自己的利益欺骗人。
deceive表示隐瞒真相或以假相骗人。如：The boy deceived the teacher by lying.
trick哄骗，表示耍手段进行欺骗，强调在行骗时使用计策，有时也指并非出于恶意的欺骗。如：Tom cleverly tricked his mother into approval.
