1、credible, credulous, plausible都有"可信的"意思。

crediblea.可信的，可靠的。

That the student told the teacher a credible story thatshe missed classes because she was sick.那個(gè)學(xué)生跟老師講了實(shí)情，她沒(méi)來(lái)上課是因?yàn)樗�病了�?/p>

credulousa.輕信的，易于相信的。

She was credulous when she listened to the salesmanand bought the car for too much money.她很容易輕信別人，竟然聽(tīng)信那個(gè)銷(xiāo)售員的話以高價(jià)買(mǎi)了那輛車(chē)。

plausiblea.似乎有理的(可信的)。常帶有懷疑的意思。

Even though it is a plausible explanation, I am notcompletely convinced.雖然這個(gè)解釋合理，但仍不可能使我完全相信。

2、decline, refuse, reject, deny都有"拒絕"的意思。

declinev.婉言拒絕，謝絕，相當(dāng)于refuse politely，主要用于拒絕有關(guān)社交活動(dòng)的邀請(qǐng)或要求幫助的請(qǐng)求，后接名詞或動(dòng)詞不定式，主語(yǔ)只能是人。

I invited her to join us, but she declined.我邀請(qǐng)她和我們?cè)谝黄�，可是她婉言謝絕了。

refusev.是比較普通的用詞，表示"拒絕"，含有非常堅(jiān)決地、不客氣地拒絕的意思。

rejectv.拋棄，不采納，主語(yǔ)可以是人或物，后接名詞，不能接動(dòng)詞不定式。

He asked her to go to the movies three times, andeach time she rejected him.他三次約她去看電影，但每一次都被拒絕。

denyv.否認(rèn)，否定，其后可接名詞，代詞或that從句。

The defendant denied the accusations made againsthim in court.被告在法庭上否認(rèn)了對(duì)他的指控。

3、deduce, induce, reduce　　這是一組形近易混詞。

deducev.推斷，推理，演繹。

My friend becomes quiet when his girlfriend is angrywith him; today he is quiet and so I deduce she is angry.我的朋友在他的女朋友生他的氣的時(shí)候就會(huì)變得沉默，今天他很沉默，所以我推斷她生氣了。

inducev.引誘，勸；引起，導(dǎo)致。

We couldn't induce the old lady to travel by air.我們無(wú)法勸說(shuō)那位老太太坐飛機(jī)去。

reducev.減輕，減��；降低。

He reduced his weight by 20 pounds by eating less andexercising.他通過(guò)節(jié)食和運(yùn)動(dòng)，體重減輕了20磅。

4、delay, postpone　　這兩個(gè)詞都有"延遲"之意。

delayv.延期，延緩，耽擱，指由于不可避免的障礙等原因而延期。

Her late arrival delayed the start of the meeting.她的遲到使會(huì)議延遲開(kāi)始。

postponev.耽擱，暫緩，常指將某事放置一邊，等到另一事發(fā)生或一定時(shí)間后再做。

Our meeting for today was postponed until next week.我們今天的會(huì)議推遲到下周舉行。

5、demonstrate, illustrate都有"說(shuō)明"的意思。

demonstratev.多指通過(guò)具體動(dòng)作或物體進(jìn)行演示、示范、表演、展示等以達(dá)到說(shuō)明或解釋的目的。

This salesman demonstrated how to cook with apressure cooker.這個(gè)推銷(xiāo)員當(dāng)眾演示如何用壓力鍋煮東西。

illustratev.強(qiáng)調(diào)通過(guò)舉例、列圖表或比較等方式來(lái)說(shuō)明道理。

The teacher illustrated the history lesson by telling astory about George Washington.那個(gè)老師通過(guò)喬治·華盛頓的故事來(lái)講述他的歷史課。