高考同义词复习
remain, stay
都指“继续停留”或“继续保持某种状态、关系或行动。”
remain 常可与stay 互换,但它强调“继续停留于一处或保持原状态、情况性质而不改变”,如:
This place remains cool all summer.
这个地方整个夏天都凉爽。
stay强调“某人[物]继续留在原地而不离开”,如:
He stayed to see the end of the game.
他一直呆到比赛结束
ability,capacity,faculty,talent,skill,competence,aptitude
These nouns denote the qualities in a person that permit or facilitate achievement or accomplishment.
这些名词都表示某人具有取得进步或成功的素质。
Ability is the power,mental or physical,to do something:
Ability 是指智力或体力上具有做某事的能力:
“To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient”
(Ihara Saikaku)。
“要致富,光靠能力是不够的,还得看机遇” (伊哈拉。塞科古)。