2015考研英語:同義詞之"繁榮興旺"
[摘要] 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)。

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!