66. hospitality, hostility
这是一组形近易混词。
hospitality n.热情招待,殷勤好客。
We enjoyed the hospitality of friends at their country home.朋友们在乡下的居所热情地招待了我们,使我们过得很愉快。
hostility n.来自与形容词hostile(不友善的,敌对的),敌意,对抗。
You can feel the hostility coming from that man.你可以感觉到那个人的敌意。
67. hypercritical, hypocritical
hypercritical a.吹毛求疵的,批评苛刻的。
He is so hypercritical that he corrects every mistake his students made.他很苛刻对于学生的每个错误都要纠正。
hypocritical a.虚伪的,伪善的。
hypocritical behaviour伪善的行为
68. ignore, neglect, omit, overlook
这一组动词都有"忽略"的意思。
ignore v.忽视,不理睬,指有意识地拒绝。
She saw him coming but she ignored him.她看见他走过来,但是装作没看见。
neglect v.忽视,忽略,疏忽,指无意识地忽视或忘记。
He neglected to make repairs in his house.他忘记了修理房子。
omit v.遗漏,忽略,忘记,指由于疏忽而忘记,也可以表示因不利或不好而被忽略等。
She omitted several steps in the experiment and it failed.她在实验中遗漏了几个步骤,结果实验失败了。
overlook v.忽略,疏漏,指有意识地遗漏,也可以指无意识地忽略。
The mother overlooked her little boy's bad behavior.那位母亲忽视了她的小儿子的不良行为。
69. imaginable, imaginary, imaginative
imaginable a.可想象的,往往作后置定语,所修饰的名词前常加all,every,only或形容词的最高级。
In her painting, she has used every color imaginable.在她的绘画中,她用了所以可以想象的到的色彩。
imaginary a.虚构的,想象中的。
The child has an imaginary friend.那个孩子有个假想中的朋友。
imaginative a.富于想象力的。
an imaginative writer富于想象力的作家
70. imitate, intimate, intimidate
这是一组形近易混词。
imitate v.模仿,仿效;复制,仿造。
The boy imitates his father's way of talking.那个男孩模仿他父亲说话的样子。
intimate a.亲密的;温馨的,舒适的。
We have had an intimate friendship since we were young.我们自年轻时代起就建立了亲密的友谊。
intimidate v.恐吓,威胁。
An older boy intimidated the little children when he took their lunch money.一个年龄大一点的男孩恐吓那些小孩子,并且抢走了他们的午饭钱。
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