2024考研英语完型考察词汇辨析(8)

work

○1同job，但为不可数名词

○2也指无报酬的工作

volunteer ~ 志愿工作

trade

指有专门技术的手工行业、手艺

He is an electrician by ~.他的职业是电工。

vocation

指认为特别适合自己或自己非常热爱的工作，不强调获取报酬

You missed your ~ —you should have been an actor.你干错行了，你本该当演员。

employment

强调领取报酬的雇佣关系

conditions of ~雇佣条件

关心

care

指照料、看护(病人、老人、儿童等)

the provision of ~ for the elderly 为老年人提供的护理

concern

○1关爱、关心，带有感情色彩

○2关注，着重于所关心的问题或对象

○1parents’ ~ for their children 父母对子女的关爱

○2the main~s as a writer 作为一名作家主要关注的问题

attention

小心;注意(力);专心，侧重指集中精力做某事

Small children have a very ~ span.幼儿的注意力持续时间很短。

[考研试题](1993) It soon becomes clear that the interior designer’s most important basic _____is the function of the

particular space. 很明显，室内设计者关注的最重要的基本问题就是某一特定空间的功能。(B)

[A] care [B] concern [C] attention [D] intention

决定，决心

decision

○1作出的决定，作抉择，常用~about/on sth

○2决心;果断，偏重迅速而明智做出决定的能力

○1to make a ~ about what to do next 对于下一步该做什么做出决定

○2a quick-thinking man of ~ and action 思维敏捷、遇事果断、行动迅速的人

determination

○1正式地确定、规定某事物是什么、怎么样等

○2决心;果断，偏重坚定、不放弃

○1the genes for male sex ~决定男性性别的基因

○2fought the illness with ~顽强地与疾病作斗争

[考研试题](1993)Nevertheless,for any kind of space,the designer has to make many of the same kind of ___. He or she must coordinate the shapes,lighting and decoration of everything from ceiling to floor. 然而，无论任一类型的空间，设计者必须作出许多相同的决定。他(她)必须协调从天花板至地板所有东西的形状、照明及装饰。(C)

[A] solutions [B] conclusions [C] decisions [D] determinations