本书对于在英语学习和考试中的常见同义、近义词汇和短语，力图从意思和用法上予以简明扼要的辨析，并提供相应的实例，使读者能从具体应用的语境中感知体察其异同，进而达到准确理解，并恰当、得体、自如运用的目的。此外，本书还针对读者在使用过程中常出现、易出现和可能出现的错误，对这些词语常用的句型结构、搭配关系、使用场合等，做了适当说明。

英语中有许许多多意思相同、相近的词汇和短语。在这些同义、近义词语中，哪些在意思和用法上完全相同，可以互换?哪些在意思和用法上差别较大，不能换用?哪些又是差别微妙，需要细加分辨?哪些在某些场合可以互换，而在另外一些场合却又不能?有的意思虽然相同，但所要求的句型结构或搭配关系却又不同，如此等等。对于诸如此类的问题，本书不仅从意思、用法上予以简要、精当的说明，更注意提供丰富的实例，使读者掌握这些词汇的具体应用情景和用法。本书内容较新，紧跟时代步伐；辨析有的放矢，针对性强，因而极具实用性。

本书共收录常用英语同义、近义词671组。本书主要用于具有初、中级以及更高英语水平的读者，是各类应试答疑解惑的必备用书，同时也是英语自学、教学及翻译者不可缺少的工具书。

1. about, on

2. about to do, not about to do

3. above, over

4. accompany by, accompany with

5. according to, in accordance with

6. accustom to, acquaint with, familiarize/-ise with, be (get,become)

acquainted with, be(get,become) familiar with, be familiar to

7. ache, pain, pang, throe

8. across, over

9. across, through

10. actual,actually, in (actual) fact, in effect, for all practical purposes,

 in actuality, in point of fact, as a matter of fact, in reality, in (all) truth

 virtual, virtually

11. adhere to, cleave to, cling onto, cling to, hold on to, hold by, hold to

 insist, keep on, keep to, persevere, persist, stand by, stand on, stay with

 stick by, stick to

12. admission, admittance

13. admit of, allow of, permit of

14. adorn with, bedeck with, deck with, decorate with, festoon with

 ornament with

15. adventure, venture

16. affect, effect, influence

17. afraid, fear

18. after, afterwards, later

19. age, years, old, etc.

20. ago, before

21. agree, consent, assent, concur,go all the way with

22. aim to do, aim at doing

23. ain't (going), ain't gonna

24. all, all of

25. all, every

26. all, whole

27. all one to, all the same to

28. allow, permit, let

29. almost, nearly

30. along, beside, by

31. aloud, loudly, loud

32. already, all ready

33. also, as well, too, either

34. alternately, alternatively

35. although, though

36. altogether, all together

37. always, all ways

38. among, amidst, between

39. amount to, add up to, come to, bring to, reach, run into/to

 run up to

40. and, or

41. another, the other

42. anyone, any one, anybody

43. anyway, any way 

44. aren't I, ain't I

45. argue about/over, bicker about/over, quarrel about/over

 squabble about/over, wrangle about

46. arise, rise, raise

47. around, round, about

48. arouse, rouse

49. as, because, since, for

50. as, for

51. as, though, although

52. as, when, while

53. as... as, not as... as, not so... as

54. as from, as of

55. as if, as though

56. as/so long as, on condition that, provided that, providing that

57. as well as, not only.., but also

58. ask, ask for, inquire (enquire)

59. ask of, demand from, demand of, expect from/of, request from/of

require of

60. at all, in the least

61. at the cost of, at the expense of, at the price of, at the sacrifice of

62. attribute to, ascribe to, assign to, impute to, owe to, put down to

refer to, set down to

63. awake, awaken, wake (up), waken

64. awfully, terribly, frightfully, dreadfully, terrible, terrific

65. back of, at the back of, in back of, in the back of, on the back of

66. bath, bathe

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