学位外语
2011年成人英语易混淆词四
advantage,benefit,profit

  advantage 常指一种使某人处于比其他人相对有利的地位,机会或时机。如:He had the advantage of good education. (受过良好的教育对他十分有利。)

  profit 多指报偿或报偿性的收入。如Did you make any profit last year? (你去年赚钱了吗?)

  benefit 指物质利益或精神方面的好处。如:I get no personal benefit from the business.(我个人从这家企业中并不获益。)

  advise,convince,persuade

  均可表“劝说”。

  advise表建议,规劝某人应该做某事或如何做。如:He advised me to put my money in the bank. (他劝我把钱存入银行。)

  convince指向某人陈述事实,运用推理或逻辑证明使某人信服。如:We convinced Smith to go by train rather than plane. (我们说服了史密斯乘火车而不乘飞机前往。)

  persuade指用感情说服某人去做某事。如:I persuaded him to go back to work. (我说服他回去工作了。)

  affect,effect

  affect影响(动词)。如Smoking affects health.

  effect效果,影响(名词)。如:Government policy will not have any effect on us.

  afford,provide,supply

  都有“提供,供给”的意思。

  afford一般只用于抽象事物。

  provide 和supply意思相同,两个词都和with连用,构成provide /supply somebody with something的结构。

  agree,consent

  agree 为常用词。如:Do you agree to the condition? (你同意这个条件吗?)

  consent为正式用词,多用于上下级的关系,表示同意别人的要求或请求。如:Did the king consent to your plan?(国王同意你的计划吗?)

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