《英语学科知识》：易混词辨析（十七）

近义词辨析四十九

adjust,regulate,rectify,amend

【adjust】一般指短暂的改变或调整

例句：I adjusted the air conditioner to stay cool.

我调节了空调以保持凉爽。

【regulate】侧重于指一个长期的过程

例句：Lights are used to regulate the traffic.

红绿灯被用来管制交通。

【rectify】指纠正，校正

例句：He rectified the mistake in the contract by changing its wording.

他通过改变措辞纠正了合同里的错误。

【amend】修改文件、法律、规范等，使其更完善

例句：The politicians amended the law to provide more jobs.

政治家们修正了这项法律以提供更多的就业。

近义词辨析五十

convert,alter,modify,transform

【convert】改变某事物的形式、实质或状态，还可以指改变信仰尤其是宗教信仰

例句：The hotel is going to be converted into a nursing home.

那家旅馆将被建成私人疗养院。

【alter】使事物在形式、结构等方面稍作改变

例句：He is unlikely to alter his game plan.

他不太可能改变他的策略。

【modify】指对条件、法律或计划等做局部、微小的改变

例句：The club members did agree to modify their recruitment policy.

俱乐部成员确已同意修改他们的入会政策。

【transform】指改变外观或形式

例句：Remodeling transformed an old, dark house into a cheerful one.

重新装修使这所陈旧昏暗的房子变得赏心悦目。

近义词辨析五十一

affirm,assert,allege

【affirm】指肯定或证实

Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.

我所做成的每件事似乎都证实了那个观点。

【assert】指断言，坚定地陈述

例句：She asserted that she was innocent.

她宣称自己是无辜的。

【allege】在无真凭实据的情况下宣称、断定

例句：The suspect alleged that he had not been in the neighborhood at the time of the crime.

嫌疑犯声称案发时他不在现场。