2019考博英语形近词辨析(6)

　　11.collide collude

　　collide

　　vi.互撞;碰撞;(车、船等)猛撞

　　The two trains collided.

　　冲突;反对;强烈抵触(with)

　　collude

　　vi.共谋;勾结;串通(with)

　　12. comment commend

　　comment

　　n.注释，评论，意见

　　vi.注释，评论(on )

　　commend

　　vt.称赞，表扬，推荐，委托，吸引

　　13. compel expel propel repel

　　compel

　　vt.强迫，迫使

　　expel

　　vt赶走：驱逐或把…赶出去：

　　expel an invader.

　　排出：从容器里或象从容器里释放;被迫离开;把…除名：

　　expelled the student from college for cheating.See Synonyms at eject

　　propel

　　vt.推进，推动;驱策

　　repel

　　vt.击退;逐退

　　to repel an attack

　　使厌恶;使反感

　　His accent repels me.

　　14. contemporary temporary

　　contemporary

　　n.同时代的人

　　adj.当代的，同时代的

　　temporary

　　adj.暂时的，临时的，临时性

　　15. contemptuous contemptible

　　contemptuous

　　adj.(常与 of 连用)表示轻蔑的;傲慢的

　　a contemptuous look

　　contemptible

　　adj.卑劣的

　　It was contemptible of him to speak like that about a respectable teacher!

　　It was a contemptible trick to tell lies and play on an old friend!

　　16. confer infer refer prefer defer

　　confer

　　vt.授予(称号、学位等)on，赠与，把...赠与，协议

　　v.协商，交换意见(on)

　　The engineers and technicians are still conferring on the unexpected accident.

　　infer

　　vt.推断;推知;推论

　　to infer an unknown fact from a known fact

　　I infer from your letter that you have not made up your mind yet.

　　refer

　　vt.& vi.(常与to连用)涉及;提到;针对;有关

　　The new law does not refer to farm land.

　　提交;交付

　　The shop referred the complaint to the manufacturers.

　　prefer

　　vt.(常与to连用)更喜欢;宁愿

　　to prefer coffee to

　　Which of these two dresses do you prefer?

　　defer

　　vt.推迟;延期

　　vt.(与to连用)服从;顺从

　　Do you always defer to your parents’ wishes?

　　17. consequent subsequent

　　consequent

　　adj.作为结果的

　　subsequent

　　adj.随后的，后来的;继起的

　　18. conventional convenient

　　conventional

　　adj.惯例的，常规的，习俗的，传统的

　　convenient

　　adj.便利的，方便的

　　19. confidant confidante confident confidential

　　confidant

　　n.知己男友

　　confidante

　　n.知己的女友

　　confident

　　adj.确信的;有信心的;自信的

　　Peter is confident of winning the post as the assistant to the managing director.

　　confidential

　　adj.机密的;秘密的

　　a confidential order

　　参与机密的;视为心腹的

　　a confidential secretary

　　20. convert divert invert revert reverse

　　convert

　　vt.(常与 into 连用)转变;变换

　　to convert an old house into a new one

　　That building has been converted into a school.

　　兑换

　　I want to convert some Hong Kong dollars into American dollars.

　　改变信仰、党派或意见等

　　She managed to convert him to her opinion.

　　divert

　　vt.转向;转移

　　A ditch diverted water from the stream into the fields.

　　Traffic was ordered to divert to another road because of the repair of the main road.

　　The government is planning to divert the river to supply water to the town.

　　A loud noise from the street diverted my attention.

　　invert

　　vt.置于相反位置;上下倒置

　　The little boy caught the insect by inverting the cup over it.

　　revert

　　vi.(与to连用)恢复原状;回复;回到(原来话题);(财产等)归复，归还

　　reverse

　　vt.倒退;倒转

　　He reversed the car.

　　翻转

　　She reversed the paper.

　　改变;使成相反的东西

　　He reversed the judgment and set the prisoner free after all.