写作语汇技巧（一）[1]

考生由于对形似、意近的词辨别不清，不知道他们各自的具体用法，而在写作中出现失误。比如，有的词虽然意思相同，但他们表达同一个意思的程度是不同的；有的英语单词的汉语意思相同，但他们所限定修饰的词、使用的范围或者连接的成分是不同的；有的单词的文体风格不同，有正式和非正式之分。要注意自己写文章的总体风格，在正式文体中避免使用非正式的语言。鉴于选词的难度，考生应在平时注意多查词典，注意其中所举得例句，在看英语材料时留心写作词汇的具体使用环境，并摘录一些自己能看明白但说不出的表达。

1、Original: Bill Gates gives a definite answer that college education does count.

Revised: Bill Gates gave a definitive answer: college education does count.

Definite意思是“明确的”、“一定的”，指意思明确，不会误解；definitive也是“明确”的意思，但往往指“权威性、最后决定的”。此话出自比尔·盖茨之口，体现权威性，故将definite改为definitive。

2、Original: …people may attend a university or college for various reasons...

Revised: …people attend university or college for a multitude of reasons...

此处将various改为短语a multitude of更为正式，体现人们读大学的原因很多。

3、Original: The kinds of education that we got on school are formal and intense ones...

Revised: The kinds of education that we receive at school is formal and of tentimes very intense.

不必用kinds of education，直接用education（教育）即可；“受教育”不同get，改为receive；“在学校”不必用at school；把one去掉，用oftentimes very intense指出学校教育常常是非常严格的。

4、Original: They can foster their interests in some fields to make life more colorful and meaningful.

Revised: They can even pick up hobbies to make life more colorful and enjoyable.

Foster their interests是“培养兴趣”，此处用pick up hobbies（开始各种各样的兴趣）更为合适；不同的兴趣是我们生活的调味剂，使我们的生活多姿多彩，乐趣无穷，把meaningful换成enjoyable，与colorful搭配更合适。

5、Original: Needless to say, more employment means more income and less idle life, so that people can enjoy a better life and make investment in their future.

Revised: Needless to say, more employment means income and less idle time, so that people can enjoy a better life and invest in their own futures.

把idle life改为idle time更为合适，表示“闲散时间”；make investment可改为动词invest，与and前的动词enjoy词性一致；人们各自有自己的未来，故将in their future改为in their own futures。

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