常見的英語同義詞50組(下)
35.停止高@考@資@源@網
stop: the most general one.
pause: to stop for a short time.
he paused to pick up a stone.
cease: to stop moving or acting.
it implies a total extinction.
they ceased (from) quarrelling. to cease fire.
quit: to stop doing something and leave.
it implies the meaning of "voluntarily and completely."
he quitted his school/job.
halt: to cause to stop.
it refers to the abrupt, decisive termination of movement.
it implies the meaning of "by authority or force."
the soldiers halted for a rest.
knock off: (infm)to stop
terminate: to come to an end.
the two countries terminated their relations.
36.持久
durable: long-lasting
it refers to the power to resist change, delay and wear.
we must make a durable peace.
(ever)-lasting: continuing for a long time/unending.
it refers to something that may end sooner or later. a lasting sorrow/ a ever-lasting friendship.
perpetual: (strongest one) lasting for ever or a long time.
/uninterrupted happening often. it refers chiefly to an activity that is not susceptible to interruption.
i'm tired of your perpetual complainants/chatters.
permanent: lasting for ever.
the permanent of the treaty is in doubt.
enduring: lasting and continuing to exist.
it implies great resistance to both time and change.
37.旅行
journey: the most general one.
it is now usually used of travel by sand and often
suggests the covering of considerable time or distance, and a direct going from a starting point to a destination, with no necessary implication of a return.
travel: a passing from place to place, not necessarily in a direct line or with fixed destination.
trip: (infm) it suggests the covering of shorter time or distance and a direct journey and implies an final return to the starting point.
tour: a journey that returns to the starting point, and many places are visited generally over a considerable distance often by means of a circuitous route. for instance for sightseeing, inspection, honey moon, business.
excursion: it emphasizes a temporary departure from a given place and specifies a return to it. it can point to a sea or land tour or to a short outing a short journey made for pleasure usu by several people together.
voyage: a long journey on a ship or in a spacecraft.
38.抓,握
grasp: to take hold of something firmly usu using the whole hand. grasp all and lose all.