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resource

national resources potential 见 arms

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national resources potentialarms

respectable/respectful

核心问题

No one imagined that the apparently ____ business man was really a criminal A. respectful B. respective C. respectable D. reverent(Nelson, 450B) 我拿不准是选 A,还是选 C

词典解答

respectablerespectful 是两个易混的词。但是如能抓住形容词后缀-able 和 -ful 的特点,还是很容易掌握它们之间的区别的。-able 可加在动词之后构成形容词,一般具有被动意义。observable(可被观察到的),breakable(易破碎的),loveable(可爱的),forgivable(可原谅的),respectable(受尊敬的,可敬的)。由后缀-ful 构成的形容词一般具有主动意义,helpful(有益的),useful(有用的)。respectful = showing respect,一般是指某人对他人的尊敬。请看下面的实例:

  1. He looked like a respectable American businessman ... (EED) 他看上去像是一个可敬的美国商人……

  2. I wish you would be more respectful to your father. (Shaw) 我希望你更加尊敬你的父亲。

  3. She kept a respectful silence. (EED) 她保持恭敬的沉默。

  4. During the course of the game, the young captain has the task to keep a respectableA\frac{\text{respectable}}{\text{A}} distance

behind his chief and devotesB\frac{\text{devotes}}{\text{B}} his energies to the task of not winning and at the same time not

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