SAT考试15组常考形近词辨析

SAT考试15组常考形近词辨析很多同学在背SAT单词的过程中都会有混淆形近词的困扰。

例如bold和bald, 前者是“大胆的，无畏的”意思，却总被同学们误以为是“秃头的”意思。

在此，我选择了15组在SAT词汇授课过程中出现频率较高而同学们又较容易混淆的形近词进行简单地区分。

1. averse vs. adverseaverse : not liking sth; opposed to sth 不喜欢某事物; 反对某事物e.g. He seems to be averse to hard workadverse: not favorable; contrary; hostile 敌对的，反对的，不利的e.g. His health was adversely affected by the climate.2. adversity vs. adversaryadversity: trouble; unfortunate event 不幸，灾祸e.g. Mary faces adversity with courageadversary: opponent; enemy 对手，敌人e.g. He defeated his old adversary in the election.第1、2组词是经常被同学们混淆的四个单词，在这里两两组合进行对比，希望对同学们会有帮助。

3. antipathy vs. apathyantipathy: strong or deep dislike 反感; 厌恶; 憎恶e.g. He showed a marked antipathy to foreigners.apathy: lack of interest; indifference 缺乏兴趣;漠不关心e.g. My parents do not feel apathy about the election.这一组词大家可以用词根词缀发来区别, path-作为词根是“情感”的意思，anti-作为前缀是“相反，对抗”，而 a- 是“不、无、非”的意思，相关单词有 sympathy, empathy等4. derive—derivative vs. deride—derisivederive: originate from sth; get sth from sth 源自，源于;得到获取e.g. Thousands of English words derive from Latin.deride: mock sb/sth 嘲笑，嘲弄e.g. They derided his effort as childish.derisive 这个单词出现在阅读中经常被同学当做是derive 的形容词性理解，其实是deride的形容词，意思为“嘲笑的，嘲弄的”，例如derisive laughter5.exhausted vs. exhaustiveexhausted: very tired 精疲力尽的e.g. After a ten-mile hike, everybody is exhaustedexhaustive: very thorough; complete 详尽的;彻底的e.g. Police make an exhaustive research.6. imprudent vs. impudentimprudent: not wise or discreet不智的; 不谨慎的;轻率的e.g. It would be imprudent (of you) to resign from your present job before you are offered another.impudent: very rude and disrespectful 粗鲁的; 放肆的; 无礼的; 不尊重的e.g. Tom is an impudent child who never listens to his parents.在记这组词之前，同学们最好先记住prudent这个单词，它本身就是“谨慎的，审慎的”意思，在其加上im- 这个表否定含义的前缀，意思就很容易得出了。

7. callow vs. callouscallow: immature and inexperienced 既不成熟又无经验的; 乳臭未乾的callous: cruelly insensitive or unsympathetic 冷酷无情的; 无同情心的8. congenial vs. congenitalcongenial: (of people) pleasing because of similarities in temperament, interests, etc ;agreeable(指人)(因性情﹑志趣等相近)彼此合得来的, 意气相投的;适合自己性格的e.g. I find this aspect of my job particularly congenial.congenital: (of diseases, etc) present from or before birth (指疾病等)天生的, 先天的e.g. We should not deride people who have congenital defects.9. intelligent vs. intelligibleintelligent: smart, educated 聪明的，智能的，智力的intelligible：that can be (easily) understood 可(易)理解的e.g. That’s totally a muddled explanation which was scarcely i ntelligible.10. impassive vs. impassionedimpassive: showing no sign of feeling 无表情的，无动于衷的e.g. The accused sat impassively as the judge sentenced him to ten years in prison.impassioned: showing strong deep feeling 充满激情的; 热烈的e.g. He made an impassioned plea for mercy.同第3组词相似的地方是这一组词里面含有pass-表“情感”含义的词根，im-表“不无、非”，所以impassive就是“无表情的，无动于衷的”意思。

而后者中含有的“passion”其本身就是“激情，热情”的意思。

11. adapt vs. adeptadapt: make sth suitable for a new use, situation, etc; modify sth 使某事物适合於新的用途﹑情况等; 修改某事物e.g. These styles can be adapted to suit individual tastes.adept: expert or skilful in (doing) sth 对(做)某事物内行的, 熟练的e.g. She's adept at growing roses.这一组词中adapt也经常容易与adopt混淆，adopt意思为“采纳，收养”。

12. indigent vs. indigenousindigent : poor 贫穷indigenous: native 土生土长的，当地的e.g. Kangaroos are indigenousto Australia.13. presumptive vs. presumptuouspresumptive: based on reasonable belief; probable基於合理之推测的; 可能的e.g. It is absurd that he was sentenced to death based on presumptive evidence.presumptuous: too bold or self-confident 胆大妄为的，专横的e.g. Would it be presumptuous of me to ask you to contribute?14. ingenious vs. ingenuousingenious: (of a person) clever at finding new or simple solutions for complex problems; original in design(指人)善於用新的或简单的方法解决复杂问题的;设计独特精巧的e.g. So you fitted that wire through that little hole there: that's very ingenious!ingenuous: open, innocent 坦率的，不隐瞒的，天真的e.g. That kid gives me an ingenuous smile.这一组词，同学们可以利用另外两个单词帮助记忆，genius 和genuine,前者意思为“天才”后者意思为“真的，真诚的，非人造的”。

ingenious 从发音和词形上与genius相近，而ingenuous 和genuine 相近。

15. discreet vs. discretediscrete: separate; distinct 分离的; 截然分开的e.g. Those are a series of discrete events.discreet: careful or showing good judgment in what one says or does; not too obvious 言谈举止谨慎的; 言行审慎的; 不显眼的e.g. I should make a few discreet enquires about the firm before you sign anything.以上是给同学们简单分析的15组形近词，希望对大家的学习单词方面有所帮助。

同时也建议同学们以后如果碰到形近词，可以学着用词根词缀，单词联想、理解英文释义等方式将它们分辨清楚。

教师简介：郑淋钰，上海新航道SAT&综合英语主讲，英语专业八级，曾应邀参加澳大利亚Stanley Awards，并担任颁奖嘉宾。

长期从事雅思、托福、SAT等辅导教学工作，可以根据学生自身情况制定个性化辅导方案。