不知道各位同学们有没有做好准备呀！参加过四六级考试或者做过四六级真题的同学们应该都知道，在四六级考试中，有很多容易混淆视听的单词。今天小新整理了部分最容易混淆的单词，希望能给备考的大家带来帮助！

混淆词汇Part 1

boost  

v. 提高、增加、促进   

考频：12次

搭配：

boost tax revenues（考）

boost fuel efficiency（考）

例句：Yet the consensus among most economists is that immigration, both legal and illegal, provides a small net boost to the economy.

boast  

v. 自吹自擂 n. 自夸； 

考频：2次

搭配：

boast  about（考）：自夸、吹嘘

例句：For a start, you will now see plenty more women – the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, for example, boasts that 40% of its new enrolment is female.

混淆词汇Part 2

considerate    

搭配：a considerate person

considerable   

考频：6次

搭配：considerable and justified concern（考）

例句：There is considerable and justified concern that the United States is falling behind much of the rest of the developed world in these essential disciplines. (2010.12)

混淆词汇Part 3

affect     

考频 29次

例句：But the concrete differences between immigrants from different countries affect whether their coming here is good or bad for the American people.  

effect  

defect     

考频1次

搭配：

correct vision defects(考）

inherent defect(考）

例句：It hides the defects of certain goods.

infect      

考频1次

搭配：

get infected with the disease(考）

混淆词汇Part 4

present  

v. 提出、显示  a. 在场的、出席的；  

考频28次

搭配：

at present（考）=for the time being

present economic situation（考）

present their own research（考）

presents serious problems（考）

例句：The present concept is an absolute one: the poverty threshold reflects the amount estimated to meet basic needs.

represent    

vt & vi. 代表；表现   考频8次

例句：The Lincoln statement is clear and direct, and it doubtless represents the views of most successful people. (2011.12 作文：成功之路）

混淆词汇Part 5

add     

v. 添加、增加     考频25次

例句：Still others emphasize the role of race, arguing that foreigners add to the nation's fears and insecurities.

odd     

a. 奇怪的、临时的、基数的    考频8次

搭配：

the odds of doing sth have tripled

odd workers： 

odd number：

even number

例句：As former Dean of Harvard College, Harry Lewis, noted in a blog post about his objections, “It seems very odd for Harvard to honor such a high profile popularizer of the irrational. . . at a time when political and religious nonsense so jeopardize the rule of reason in this allegedly enlightened democracy and around the world. ”

混淆词汇Part 6

appear  

v. 出现；似乎     考频25次

搭配：

it appears/seems that（考）

appear to（考）=seems to

sth appear

例句：

That's partially because it appears people who set realistic goals actually work more efficiently, and exert more effort, to achieve those goals.

appeal  

v. 申请、申诉；吸引    考频9次

搭配：appeal to sb for sth

例句：One study compared the effects of high-fear and low-fear appeals on changes in attitudes and behaviors related to dental hygiene(卫生).

对于与口腔卫生相关的态度和行为上的变法，一项研究比较了高恐惧诉求和低恐惧诉求对这种变化产生的影响。

混淆词汇Part 7

receive     

v. 接收、接到   考频25次

例句：In the UK, research is concentrated: less than 25% of universities receive 75% of the research funding.

deceive     

v. 欺骗、欺诈

perceive    

v. 感觉、感知  考频5次

搭配：perceive risks(考）

例句：Handsome male executives were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to account for their success. 

conceive    

v. 孕育、构想

As a nation conceived in liberty, it has held out to the world the promise of respect for the rights of man. (2006.12）

混淆词汇Part 8

solve      

v. 解决、处理、应对

dissolve    

v. 溶解、分解

resolve     

v. 决心、决定；解决

混淆词汇Part 9

attitude    

n. 态度

altitude    

n. 高度、海拔

latitude    

n. 纬度

longitude   

n. 经度

混淆词汇Part 10

consume    

v. 消费、消耗

例句：President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need-believe it or not-to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.  

presume    

v. 假定、假设

例句：I presume you advertise in the national press as well as the trade press. 

assume     

v. 假设、猜想

例句：They assume they are on the same page, but the reality is they have avoided even talking about it.

resume     

v. 重新开始、重新得到；n. 简历

搭配：resume power

例句：The experience-especially when contrasted with the horrible prose of our other assigned reading-sent me fleeing to the campus bookstore, where I resumed a long-interrupted romance with meter and rhyme（韵）.