写作中的用词准确性-培训课件.ppt

Example: informal-formal ask : informal question: ask many questions interrogate: suggesting that the person is being held by force and asked questions which they are unwilling to answer. He asked about his new job. The professor is being questioned by the journalists about his new book. The Japanese officers were interrogated as prisoners of war. Example: informal-formal time: a period; a period in history age: a particular period in history epoch: long period in history, marked by important events It will take you a long time to learn French properly. In ancient times, people wore clothes made of fur. He has reached his retirement age. They were living in the Stone Age/Iron Age. The first flight into space marked a new epoch in the history of mankind. The steam-engine was an epoch-making event. Example: informal-formal rise: go up; get higher mount: formal go up; climb ascend: formal go to a higher level, climb Smoke rose from the factory chimneys. The old lady mounted the stairs with difficulty. He ascended the stairs. Victoria ascended the throne. (became queen) Example: favorable-unfavorable modest: not proud (a virtue, laudatory/favorable) humble: having a low opinion of oneself (derogatory/ unfavorable) Modest and hardworking, he made very quick progress at school. Clearly Gompers was overawed by Wilson. His face took on a servile look; his voice was humble. Example proud: showing proper and reasonable respect for oneself; having too high opinion of oneself arrogant: unpleasantly proud, with an unreasonable strong belief in one’s own importance haughty: seeming to consider oneself better or more important than others; arrogant insolent: showing disrespectful rudeness They are poor but too proud to accept money from the state. The arrogant official did not listen to people’s protest. The haughty look of the young lady made everyone kept a distance from her. The insolent children r