2018考博英语词汇之形近词辨析：C

　　18. contemporary temporary contemporary n.同时代的人

　　adj.当代的, 同时代的 temporary

　　adj.暂时的, 临时的, 临时性

　　19. contemptuous contemptible contemptuous

　　adj.(常与of连用) 表示轻蔑的;傲慢的 a contemptuous look contemptible

　　adj.卑劣的

　　It was contemptible of him to speak like that about a respectable teacher! It was a contemptible trick to tell lies and play on an old friend!

　　20. confer infer refer prefer defer confer

　　vt.授予(称号、学位等)on, 赠与, 把...赠与, 协议 v.协商, 交换意见(on)

　　The engineers and technicians are still conferring on the unexpected accident. infer

　　vt.推断;推知;推论

　　to infer an unknown fact from a known fact

　　I infer from your letter that you have not made up your mind yet. refer

　　vt., vi.(常与to 连用)涉及;提到 针对;有关 The new law does not refer to farm land. 提交;交付

　　The shop referred the complaint to the manufacturers. prefer

　　vt.(常与to连用)更喜欢;宁愿 to prefer coffee to t

　　adj.便利的, 方便的

　　23. confidant confidante confident confidential confidant

　　n.知己男友 confidante n.知己的女友 confident

　　adj.确信的;有信心的;自信的

　　Peter is confident of winning the post as the assistant to the managing director. confidential

　　adj.机密的;秘密的 a confidential order

　　参与机密的;视为心腹的 a confidential secretary

　　24. convert divert invert revert reverse convert

　　vt.(常与into连用)转变;变换 to convert an old house into a new o

　　That building has been converted into a school. 兑换

　　I want to convert some Hong Kong dollars into American dollars.

　　改变信仰、党派或意见等

　　She managed to convert him to her opinion. divert

　　vt.转向;转移

　　A ditch diverted water from the stream into the fields.

　　Traffic was ordered to divert to another road because of the repair of the main road. The government is planning to divert the river to supply water to the town. A loud noise from the street diverted my attention. Invert

　　vt.置于相反位置;上下倒置

　　The little boy caught the insect by inverting the cup over it. revert

　　vi.(与to连用)恢复原状;回复;回到(原来话题)，(财产等)归复，归还 reverse

　　vt.倒退;倒转

　　He reversed the car. 翻转

　　She reversed the paper.

　　改变;使成相反的东西

　　He reversed the judgment and set the prisoner free after all.

　　25. Conceit consent contain content conceit

　　n.自负;骄傲自大 consent

　　vi.n同意, 赞成, 答应 , contain

　　vt.包含;容纳;装有 content

　　n.内容,目录, 满足

　　adj.满足的, 满意的, 愿意

　　26. counsel consul council counsel

　　n.讨论, 商议, 辩护律师 vt.劝告, 忠告 consul n.领事 council

　　n.政务会, 理事会, 委员会, 参议会, 讨论会议, 顾问班子, 立法班子

　　27. conscious conscientious conscious

　　adj.有意识的;神志清醒的 He is hurt but still conscious. 了解的;察觉的

　　She was not conscious of his presence in the room.

　　刻意的：故意设计或做的;刻意的：

　　a conscious insult; made a conscious effort to speak more clearly。 conscientious

　　adj.凭良心的;谨慎的;尽责的 a conscientious piece of work

　　Be conscientious and make a good job of publishing.

　　28. cosmic comic cosmic adj.宇宙的

　　comic

　　n.滑稽演员

　　adj.滑稽的, 喜剧的

　　29. costume custom customs customer consume consumer costume n.装束, 服装

　　custom n.习惯, 风俗 v.定制, 承接定做活 customs n. 海关，进口税 customer n. 顾客

　　consume n.消耗, 消费, consumer n.消费者

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