考研時(shí)間漸漸逼近，各位考生是否忙于復(fù)習(xí)而悄悄忘記了記單詞呢，單詞這個(gè)小伙伴兒可是不能丟掉的，他是英語殿堂的根基所在，所以再忙別忘了記單詞！隨著考生復(fù)習(xí)的深入，詞匯量的掌握越來越多，有時(shí)候同義詞會(huì)有好幾個(gè)出現(xiàn)。下面就帶大家一起學(xué)習(xí)“繁榮興旺”的相關(guān)同義詞。

一、同義詞大區(qū)別

1.flourish 指植物生長的茂盛。

2.thrive指生物（包括動(dòng)物和植物）的繁殖興盛。

3.boom指迅速地出現(xiàn)、蓬勃的發(fā)展，或是迅速增長的局面。也可以表示出現(xiàn)某種“熱潮”。

4.prosper指事業(yè)、經(jīng)濟(jì)等事物的繁榮昌盛，可以指持續(xù)或長久的興旺。thrive和flourish也可以用于比喻某事物的繁榮。

二、詞匯的真題再現(xiàn)

1.prosper

Humanity has the necessary agro-technological tools to eradicate hunger , from genetically engineered crops to artificial fertilizers . Here , too, the problems are social: the organization and distribution of food, wealth and prosperity.

翻譯：人類擁有必要的農(nóng)業(yè)技術(shù)工具來消除饑餓，從轉(zhuǎn)基因作物到人工肥料。而且這些問題也是社會(huì)問題：糧食、財(cái)富和繁榮的組織和分配。【2013考研真題】

2.boom

The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male-dominated job market have limited the opportunities of teenagers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Japan's rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs.

翻譯：戰(zhàn)后嬰兒出生高峰期的到來及婦女進(jìn)入男性主宰的就業(yè)市場(chǎng)，限制了青少年的發(fā)展機(jī)遇，這些青少年已經(jīng)開始質(zhì)疑在進(jìn)好學(xué)校，找好工作，攀登日本等級(jí)森嚴(yán)的社會(huì)階梯的過程中所做出的沉重的個(gè)人犧牲是否值得。【2012考研真題】

3.flourish

It's a theory to which many economists subscribe, but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining which companies will flourish and which will fail.【2003考研真題】

翻譯：這種理論得到了多數(shù)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家的認(rèn)同，但在實(shí)際操作中，它使鐵路公司獲得了一個(gè)決定誰敗誰衰的權(quán)利。

4.thrive

Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.

翻譯：在過去的一個(gè)世紀(jì)里，各種各樣的不公平和歧視遭到了譴責(zé)或定為非法。但是有一種隱蔽的形式還在蔓延：按字母表順序排名。對(duì)于尚未意識(shí)到其危害的人來說，它指的是對(duì)那些姓氏起始字母位于字母表后半部的人的歧視。【2004考研真題】

通過今天的學(xué)習(xí)，各位考生是不是對(duì)“繁榮興旺”的幾個(gè)同義詞有了更深一步的了解呢，的確flourish、thrive、boom、prosper這四個(gè)詞匯在考研英語的真題中都有涉及，希望各位考生在復(fù)習(xí)過程中能夠勤于總結(jié)這類詞匯。預(yù)祝2015考生金榜題名！