Irma

托福常見同義字 (七) 

1) vacant (Adj.) 空閒的； 空缺的； 空虛的； 茫然的

例句：

(1) In every major city there are more vacant buildings than there are homeless people. 

(2) The post of chairman has been vacant for some time. 

2) empty (V./N./Adj.) 空的，空虛的，空洞的； 空閒的，無效的，徒勞的； 無聊的，愚蠢的； 言語或行動空洞的； (使）成為空的， 把…弄空； 把…騰出來；成為空的； 流空；空車； 空的東西

例句：

(1) I feel so empty, my life just doesn't seem worth living any more. 

(2) The stadium emptied at the end of the first day of athletics. 

3) available (Adj.) 可獲得的； 有空的； 可購得的； 能找到的

例句：

(1) The full Ofcom statement is available on their website.

(2) Generous parental leave policies and readily available part-time options have unintended consequences: instead of strengthening women's attachment to the workplace, they appear to weaken it.

4) disengaged (V./Adj.)自由的； 閒散的； 未約束的； 脫離的；開( disengage的過去式和過去分詞 )； 解開； 釋放； 使（部隊）脫離戰鬥

例句：

(1) The film has the feel of a man curiously disengaged from his material. 

(2) She gently disengaged herself from her sleeping son. 

5) unoccupied (Adj.) 空的； 未被佔用的； 未被佔領的； 空閒的

例句：

(1) The fire broke out in two unoccupied cabins.

(2) Buildings stand unoccupied for most of the year. 

6) waive (V.) 宣佈放棄； 擱置； 推遲； 放棄（權利、要求等

例句：

(1)He pleaded guilty to the murders of three boys and waived his right to appeal. 

(2) The authorities had agreed to waive normal requirements for permits to cross the border. 

7) give up 放棄； 投降； 把…讓給； 戒除

例句：

(1) Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive. 

(2) One of the men with him gave up his place on the bench. 

8) relinquish (V.) 放棄； 讓出（權利，財產等）； 放開，鬆手； 撤離

例句：

(1) He does not intend to relinquish power.

(2) Monday the president called on him to relinquish power. 

9) renounce (V./N.) 放棄，拋棄； 拒絕，否認； 宣佈與…決裂，斷絕關係； 墊牌；牌戲中的墊牌

例句：

(1) He renounced his claim to the French throne. 

(2) The treaties renounce the use of force and pledge the two countries to co-operation.

10) abandon (V./N.) 放棄，拋棄； 離棄，丟棄； 使屈從； 停止進行，終止；放任，放縱； 完全屈從於壓制

例句：

(1) The scheme's investors, fearful of bankruptcy, decided to abandon the project.

(2) Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.

11) abash 使羞愧，使局促，使窘迫；窘迫的，尷尬的；窘迫地，尷尬地；窘迫，尷尬

例句：

(1) The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.

(2) That could abash the little bird.

12) embarrass (V.)（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安； （使）困難

例句：

(1) It embarrassed him that he had no idea of what was going on. 

(2) The Government has been embarrassed by the affair. 

13) shame (V./N.) 羞愧； 羞辱； 可恥的人； 羞愧感；使蒙羞； 玷辱； 使感到羞愧； 使相形見絀

例句：

(1) Museums have now been shamed out of selling the treasures from their collections. 

(2) He committed suicide rather than face the shame of being linked to the scandal.

14) adequate (Adj.) 足夠的； 適當的，恰當的； 差強人意的； 勝任的

例句：

(1) Barely adequate bailouts won't end Greece's troubles.

(2) Recently, the UK National Stem Cell Network warned the UK could lose its place among the world leaders in stem cell research unless adequate funding and legislation could be assured.

15) sufficient (Adj.)足夠的； 充足的； 充分的

例句：

(1) Discipline is a necessary, but certainly not a sufficient condition for learning to take place. 

(2) There would be sufficient demand to justify the service.

16) ample (Adj.) 足夠的； 充足的，豐富的； 寬敞的，廣大的； 富裕的

例句：

(1) The design of the ground floor created ample space for a good-sized kitchen. 

(2) The site has ample catering, of variable quality.

17) suitable (Adj.)合適的，適當的，適宜的，恰當的

例句：

(1) It is recommended that engineering knowledge and suitable technology in developed countries be introduced to developing countries to improve produce handling in the harvest.

(2) Their subtext was how to secure a suitable husband.

18) enough (N. /Adv./Adj.)足夠地，充足地； 十分地；充足的； 足夠的；充分，足夠； 滿足

例句：

(1) There aren't enough tents to shelter them all. 

(2) But these detours aren't enough to rescue proceedings.

19)  aloof (Adv./Adj.) 冷淡的； 疏遠的； 遠離的；分開地； 避開地

例句：

(1) I will hold myself aloof from wrong and corruption.

(2) He seemed aloof and detached. 

20) indifferent (Adj.) 漠不關心的； 無關緊要的； 中立的； 中等的

例句：

(1) People have become indifferent to the suffering of others. 

(2) Much of the food we eat is of very poor or indifferent quality. 

21) detached (Adj./V.)分離的，分開的； 公平的； 超然的； 分遣的，派遣的；分開(detach的過去式和過去分詞)； 分離，退出； 派遣

例句：

(1) It is written in a detached, precise style.

(2) Most young boys are trained to believe that men should be strong, tough, cool, and detached.