英语三级考试：容易混淆的词汇（三）_大学三级

    成人三级考试容易混淆的词汇
    13.advice,advise
    advice劝告(名词)。如:i want to give you some advice.
    advise劝告(动词)。如:what do you advise me to do?
    14.adopt, adapt
    adopt (1)收养。如:since they have no children of their own, they decided to adopt a little girl. (他们自己没有孩子,所以决定收养一个小女孩。)(2)采纳,采用,通过。如:he adopted our suggestion.(他采纳了我们的建议。)
    adopt与adapt词形相近,后者的意思是“使适合”,“改编”等。
    15.advance, proceed, progress
    均可表“前进”。
    advance表向一个特定的目的地,在一定的时间或空间内稳定地向前运动。如:napoleon’s army advanced on moscow. (拿破仑的军队向莫斯科挺进。)
    proceed强调从一处向另一处的运动,常表停顿后继续前进。如:they proceeded from london to paris. (他们从伦敦往巴黎前进。)
    peogress 多表自然过程,指生长,发展等稳定地或循环往复地前进。如:the year is progressing, it will soon be summer. (光阴似箭,很快又是夏天了。)
    16.advantage, benefit, profit
    advantage 常指一种使某人处于比其他人相对有利的地位,机会或时机。如:he had the advantage of good education. (受过良好的对他十分有利。)
    profit 多指报偿或报偿性的收入。如did you make any profit last year? (你去年赚钱了吗?)
    benefit 指物质利益或精神方面的好处。如:i get no personal benefit from the business.(我个人从这家企业中并不获益。)
    17.advise, convince, persuade
    均可表“劝说”。
    advise表建议,规劝某人应该做某事或如何做。如:he advised me to put my money in the bank. (他劝我把钱存入银行。)
    convince指向某人陈述事实,运用推理或逻辑证明使某人信服。如:we convinced smith to go by train rather than plane. (我们说服了史密斯乘火车而不乘飞机前往。)
    persuade指用感情说服某人去做某事。如:i persuaded him to go back to work. (我说服他回去工作了。)
    18.affect, effect
    affect影响(动词)。如smoking affects health.
    effect效果,影响(名词)。如:government policy will not have any effect on us.