oppose object resist
都含反对的意思。
oppose 为常用词,指对某人、某事采取积极行动来反对,着重动作,尤指反对一种观念、思想、计划等, 如:
The father opposed to his son‘s marriage.
父亲反对儿子的婚事。
object 常指用言论或论据等表示反对,着重个人嫌厌和(由于与个人有关因此)提出反对意见,如:
I objected to his plan.
我反对他的计划。
resist 指积极地反抗、对抗、用武力阻止……的前进,如:
resist the enemy
抵抗敌人。
quarrel wrangle altercate squabble
都含争吵的意思。
quarrel指 由于愤怒而争吵,内含其结果可能为持续的对立,如:
The thieves quarrel (l)ed with one another about how to divide the loot.
小偷们为如何分赃而互相争吵。
wrangle指口角、争吵,着重在争吵中各方坚持己见,如:
The students wrangled about who should sit in front.
同学们为了谁坐在前面而争吵不休。
altercate 指争吵、吵嘴,可能动手,也可能不动手,如:
altercate on the locations of the battle
为竞赛地点争吵。
squabble 指为小事争吵,如:
No man will squabble over a nickel.
没有人会为了五分钱而吵架。
slide slip glide
都含滑动的意思。
slide 指始终接触一平滑表面而滑动,如:
Some boys are -ing on the ice.
一些男孩子在溜冰。
slip指表面光滑没摩擦力,不是持续接触而滑动,并可指突然地、不由自主地滑动,如:
The pen slipped from his hand.
钢笔从他手中滑落。
glide指持续而平稳地在光滑表面上自由滑动,但不一定在同一光滑表面上滑动,如:
A boat glided past.
小船轻轻驶过。
slide,slip,glide,skid这组同义词的一般含义为滑动或滑.
slide所表示的滑动含有这样几层意思:光滑的面接触,通常为加速运动。用于比喻时,表示不自主地陷入某种习惯等
For one agonizing moment,the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal,but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.
在令人坐卧不安的一瞬间,馅饼盘悬悬乎乎地停在运河岸边,然而它突然失去了平衡,滑回水中。
Then the sound of rumbling thunder reached the watchers on the shore,as cargo,ballast,ammunition and 400 people went sliding and crashing down to the port side of the steeply listing ship.
后来当船上的货物、压舱物、弹药以及400个人轰的一声滑到急剧倾斜的船体左舷一侧的时候,岸上观看的人们听到了雷鸣般的轰隆声。
But it is more important not to think lies,or to slide into those mechanical and untruthful habits of thought which are so pleasant and so easy as descents to mental ineptitude.
但是更重要的是不去想谎言,也不陷入无意识的、不诚实的思维习惯,这种思维习惯如此他令人惬意和自在,就象沦为智力低能一样。
slip 所表示的滑与slide相比,接触面更滑,但不象slide那样持续地滑动,而是突然的或短暂的滑动,如滑倒。用于比喻时,可以表示口误(a slip of the tongue),笔误(a slip of the pen);悄悄地溜进……(slip into…)轻巧而迅速地穿过(slip through)等等。
He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.
宴会结束时,他仍在咕哝着医院里的事。说着说着,他在一块冰上滑倒,跌断了左腿。
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