这组词都有“限制,局限”的意思,其区别是:
confinement: n.限制,囚禁(于某地或某种境地)。
➤ The prisoner was sentenced to three months' solitary confinement.
那犯人被判处单独监禁三个月。
confinement: limitation, restraint
concentrate: v.集中,集中精力(后接on,宾语可以是具体或抽象的东西);浓缩,压缩。
➤ During exams, students concentrate hard on answering the questions.
考试期间,同学们集中精力回答问题。
restraint: n.克制,抑制;约束措施。
➤ Even though the mother was very angry, she acted with restraint and didn't yell at her child.
即使母亲很生气,她仍克制自己没有向孩子大吼。
focus: v.集中(于某事物);将(注意力等)集中于……(后接on,宾语一般不是具体的东西)。
➤ Please focus your minds on the following problem.
请集中考虑以下问题。
limitation: n.限制,局限;(能力的)缺点,弱点。
➤ That employee has limitations on what work he can do.
那个雇员能做的工作有限。
enhance: 增强,提高,美化(多用于抽象意义)
raise: 养育(孩子),饲养(家畜),生产(作物),提高,上升,养育
feed: 给(人或动物)食物
这组词都有“提供所需食物,喂养”的意思,其区别是:
graze: 侧重指用正在生长的青草喂养牲畜。
nourish: 指提供生长、健康或维持生存所必需的食物或养料,尤指用营养品促进生长。
feed: 普通用词,含义广泛。既可指给人或动物提供食物,又可指给植物以养料或为机器等加燃料等。