英语近义词辨析(九)
Use, Consume, Expend, Employ, Utilize
Use(v.)---用,使用。普通用语。指事物时有消费的意义,指人时,对这个行动表示强烈的不赞成。
Consume(v.)---用。表示用尽,耗尽,指用在自己身上。
Expend(v.)---用。与consume同义,但多指付出的方向。
Employ(v.)---使用。较正式用语。指人时有雇用的意思;也可用于物,但无消费之意。
Utilize(v.)---使用。强调使用有益的方面。
例:The company now uses a computer to do all its accounts.
该公司现在使用一台电脑处理一切账目。
He uses every means to prevent it.
他用各种方法阻止它。
They asked how many bottles of wine he consumed in one year.
他们打听他一年里喝了多少啤酒。
We consumed much time and energy in writing this book.
我们写这本书消耗了很多时间和精力。
He lived high and expended largely.
他生活奢侈,花销很大。
She expended all her capital on equipment.
她将所有资本用于设备。
The mill employed a thousand workers.
这家工厂雇用了一千名工人。
You could employ your spare time better.
你可以把业余时间利用得更好些。
To avoid an oil shortage more machines must utilize solar energy.
为了避免石油短缺,更多的机器必须使用太阳能。
Can we utilize straw as fodder?
我们能利用稻草作为饲料吗?
Yet, Already
Yet(adv.)---已经.与Already一样均用于谈论某一特定时间之前可能完成的某项动作.
Yet只用于否定句和疑问句中.
Already(adv.)---已经.常用于肯定的陈述句中,也可用于疑问句以表示惊奇.
例:Has the bell rung yet? --- It has not rung yet.
已经敲钟了吗? --- 还没有.
I've started learning Greek, but I haven't got very far yet.
我已经开始学习希腊语,但只是刚刚入门.
John hasn't done much work yet, but Anne has already finished.
约翰还没做多少工作,可是安妮已经做完了.
Have you finished lunch already? It's only 12 o'clock.
你已经吃过午饭了吗? 刚刚12点.
Zero, Cipher, Nil, Nought
Zero(n.)---零.普通用语.是指没有数量和大小等意义时人们喜欢用的词.
Cipher(n.)---零.指0-9的任何一个阿拉伯数码,表示无时,具有象征意义.
Nil(n.)---零.多用于体育或资讯领域.
Nought(n.)---零.美语为naught,在字面意义上与cipher同义.
例:His chances of success sank to zero.
他成功的机会降到了最低点.
It was fifteen degrees below zero.
气温是零下十五度.
One followed by two ciphers is 100.
一的后面跟两个零是一百.
I can't bear such a cipher any longer.
我再也不能忍受这样一个无用的人了.
The result of the game was three-nil.
比赛结果是三比零.
The new machine reduced labor costs to almost nil.
新机器把劳动力的成本几乎降到零.
My effort came to naught.
我的努力终成泡影.
0.01 is usually read point nought one.
0.01通常被读作 point nought one.
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