Alice in SF

雅思實用同義字彙

 

1   clear, easy to see:

    apparent

    conspicuous

    distinct

    evident

    manifest

    marked

    noticeable

    obvious

    palpable

    perceived/perceivable/perceptible

    tangible

 

2   lack, not enough:

    absent/absence

    dearth

    deficient/deficiency

    (de)void

    insufficient/insufficiency

 

3   live (in):

    dwell/dweller/dwelling

    inhabit/inhabitant/habitat

    occupy/occupant/occupancy

    reside/resident/residency

 

4   difference, gap:

    chasm

    gulf

    discrepancy

    disparity

    nuance

 

5   birth, introduction, start:

    advent

    appearance

    emergence

    genesis

    inception

    launch

    origin

 

6   ancestor/precursor/predecessor/progenitor

    ≠

    descendant/offspring/posterity/successor

 

7   characteristic:

    attribute

    feature

    property

    quality

    trait

 

8   undeveloped:

    degenerative

    rudimentary

    vestigial

 

9   drive, motivation, stimulation:

    impetus

    momentum

    propel/propulsion

    spur

    thrust

 

10 take:

    account for

    claim

    occupy

 

11 main/mainly:

    chief/chiefly

    cardinal/cardinally

    fundamental/fundamentally

    primary/primarily

    principal/principally

12 amount, build up, pile up:

    accrue

    amass

    accumulate

    aggregate

 

13 huge, great, vast:

    astronomical

    colossal

    enormous

    gigantic

    immense

    massive

    prodigious

    substantial

    tremendous

 

14 drop, fall, go down, reduce:

    decline

    decrease

    descend

    diminish

    dwindle

 

15 worsen:

    deteriorate (become worse)

    aggravate/exacerbate (make...worse)

 

16 easily affected/damaged, sensitive:

    delicate

    fragile

    impressionable

    inclined to

    predisposed to

    prone to

    susceptible to

    (v) tend to

    vulnerable

17 limit:

    confine

    constrain

    refrain from

    restrain

    restrict

 

18 consequences:

    implications

    ramifications

    repercussions

 

19 destroy (completely), destruct, eliminate, ruin:

    annihilate

    decimate

    demolish

    devastate

    eradicate

    exterminate

    extirpate

    obliterate

    pulverize

    raze

    uproot

    wipe out

 

20 equipment, machine(ry), instrument, tool:

    apparatus

    appliance

    device

    gadget

 

21 continuous, non-stop:

    ceaseless

    consecutive

    constant

    incessant

    successive

22 copy, reproduce:

    clone

    imitate

    mimic

    mock

    duplicate

    replicate

 

23 gut feeling:

    hunch

    instinct/instinctive/instinctual

    intuition/intuitive

    visceral

 

24 inner, natural:

    inborn

    inbred

    inherent

    innate

    intrinsic

   

25 complicated, complex:

    byzantine

    convoluted

    intricate

    labyrinthine

    sophisticated

 

 

 

雅思 作文寫法基本結構

 

 

Paragraph 1  Introduction

sentence 1 Background statement

sentence 2 Detailed background statement

sentence 3 Thesis

sentence 4 Outline sentence

 

Paragraph 2 First supporting paragraph

sentence 1 Topic sentence

sentence 2 Example

sentence 3 Discussion

sentence 4 Conclusion

 

Paragraph 3 Second supporting paragraph

sentence 1 Topic sentence

sentence 2 Example

sentence 3 Discussion

sentence 4 Conclusion

 

Paragraph 4 Conclusion

sentence 1 Summary

sentence 2 Restatement of thesis

sentence 3 Prediction or recommendation