5.emotional emotive
	
	emotional与emotive并不同义,却常被混淆。emotional表示“充满感情的”,“易动感情的”,主语多为人;
	
	emotive表示“使人激动的”,“令人感动的”之意,主语多为物。如:
	
	an emotional person 易动感情的人
	
	an emotive speech 令人感动的演讲
	
	典型考题:Women are often said to be more than men.
	
	A.emotions B.motions C.emotional D.emotive
	
	答案为C。句意:常常说女人比男人易动感情。emotions是人类精神情感的总称,包括喜、怒、哀、乐等情绪;motions运动,动作。
	
	6.enviable envious
	
	enviable表示“值得羡慕的”,多作定语用。如an enviable possession一笔令人羡慕的财产。而envious表示“羡慕的”,“嫉妒的”,常用于短语be envious of(羡慕……,嫉妒……)。
	
	典型考题:Mary would always be of her sister’s beauty.
	
	A.envoy B.various C.enviable D.envious
	
	答案为D。句意:玛丽总是嫉妒她妹妹的美丽。envoy使节,公使;various各种各样的,不同的。
	
	7.equal equivalent
	
	equal与equivalent近义。但equal指在大小、质量、数量、形状、价值等方面相当或相等,常用词组be equal to(等于,和……相等),而
	
	equivalent指在意义、重要性等抽象的方面相当或相等。另外,equal可作名词用,表“对手”,“匹敌者”。如:
	
	equal pay for equal work 同工同酬
	
	His behavior is equivalent to treason.他的行为等于背叛。
	
	典型考题:John knows so much about the stars that I am sure it would be impossible to find his 。
	
	A.similar B.reflection C.equal D.equivalent
	
	答案为C。句意:约翰对星球的知识如此渊博,我可以断定没有人可以与他匹敌。similar类似的,和to连用;reflection倒影,反射。
	
	8.exhausting exhaustive
	
	exhausting与exhaustive是同根形容词,但词义差别很大。exhausting意为“使人疲惫不堪的”,“筋疲力尽的”。而exhaustive表示“彻底的”,“无遗漏的”,“广泛的”。如:
	
	We had a long and exhausting meeting this morning.今天上午我们开了一个使人疲倦的长会。
	
	I don’t claim to be exhaustive on this subject.
	
	我并不认为自己把这个问题讲透了。
	
	典型考题:The professor did research before writing the article.
	
	A.exhausting B.exhaustive C.exhibited D.executed
	
	答案为B。句意:这位教授在写这篇文章之前,做了全面的调查研究。exhibit展览,陈列; execute执行,如execute orders执行命令。







