2015年7月15日 星期三

[英文] 超重要!表達「明顯的、顯而易見的、明白的」

喬今天要分享的是「明顯」系列字彙。這類是高頻率單字,形容人的特質、地點的特點,甚至是事件的癥結點,都是可運用的字。同學今天就來好好熟悉此區單字吧!(若是準備托福/GRE,此區更是史上最重要)



obvious (adj.) 清楚的; 顯然的; 明顯的; 明白的
[clear; easy to see, recognize or understand]
e.g. I know you don’t like her, but do you have to make it so obvious?
我知道你不喜歡她,但有必要表現得那麼明顯嗎?

apparent (adj.) 清晰可見的; 顯而易見的; 明白易懂的
[able to be seen or understood]
e.g. Her unhappiness was apparent to everyone.
誰都看得出來她很不開心

evident (adj.) 顯而易見的; 明白的; 明顯的
[easily seen or understood; obvious]
e.g. The full extent of the damage only became evident the following morning.
直到第二日早上,人們才全面瞭解到破壞程度有多嚴重

conspicuous (adj.) 顯眼的; 醒目的; 顯著的
[very noticeable or attracting attention, often in a way that is not wanted]
e.g. In China, her blonde hair was conspicuous.
在中國,她的金髮十分顯眼

visible (adj.) 顯眼的; 引人注目的
[able or likely to attract public attention and be noticed]
e.g. In a very short period of time, she has became a highly visible national leader.
在很短的一段時間內,她就變成了一位非常引人注目的國家領袖

clear (adj.) 清楚的; 明白的; 易懂的; 清晰的
[easy to understand, hear, read or see]
e.g. Can we make the sound any clearer?
我們能把聲音再調清晰一點嗎?

discernible = discernable (adj.) 可以分辨的;
[able to be seen or understood]
e.g. The influence of Rodin is discernible in the younger artist.
從這位稍微年輕一些的藝術家身上可以看到羅丹的影響

perceptible (adj.) 可察覺到的; 可感知的
[that can be seen, heard or noticed]
e.g. There was a barely perceptible movement in his right arm.
他的右臂微微動了一下

noticeable (adj.) 淺而易見的; 明顯的; 顯著的
[easy to see or recognize]
e.g. There has been a noticeable improvement in Tim’s cooking.
湯姆的烹飪水準顯著提高

recognizable (adj.) 可識別的; 可以認出的
[easy to recognize]
e.g The Eiffel Tower in Paris is an instantly recognizable landmark.
巴黎的艾菲爾鐵塔是一眼就能認出的標誌性建築著

palpable (adj.) 可感知的; 易察覺的; 觸摸得到的
[so obvious that it can easily be seen or known, or (of a feeling) so stron that is seems as if it can be touched or physically felt]
e.g. Her joy was palpable.
她的快樂全寫在臉上

distinct (adj.) 顯著的; 明顯的; 確實的
[clearly noticeable; that certainly exists]
e.g. There’s a distinct smell of cigarettes in here.
這裡確實有一股煙味兒

pronounced (adj.) 明顯的; 明確的
[very noticeable or certain]
e.g. I’m told I have a very pronounced English accent when I speaking French.
有人告訴我說,我在說法文時有明顯的英國口音

marked (adj.) 明顯的; 顯著的
[describes a change or difference in behavior or a situation that is very obvious or noticeable]
e.g. There was a marked improvement in my health when I gave up smoking.
戒菸後我的健康有了明顯的改善o

overt (adj.) 公開的; 明顯的; 毫不隱滿的
[done or shown publicly or in an obvious way; not secret]
e.g. He shows no overt signs of his unhappiness.
他沒有明顯表現出不高興

blatant (adj.) 明目張膽的; 公然的
[describes something bad that is very obvious or intentional]
e.g. The whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.
整個事件完全是旨在宣傳的露骨炒作


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