常見的英語同義詞50組(2)

 35.停止

 stop: The most general one.

 pause: To stop for a short time.

 He paused to pick up a stone.

 cease: To stop moving or acting.

 It implies a total extinction.

 They ceased (from) quarrelling. to cease fire.

 quit: To stop doing something and leave.

 It implies the meaning of "voluntarily and completely."

 He quitted his school/job.

 halt: To cause to stop.

 It refers to the abrupt, decisive termination of movement.

 It implies the meaning of "by authority or force."

 The soldiers halted for a rest.

 knock off: (infm)To stop

 terminate: To come to an end.

 The two countries terminated their relations.

36.持久

 durable: Long-lasting

 It refers to the power to resist change, delay and wear.

 we must make a durable peace.

 (ever)-lasting: Continuing for a long time/unending.

 It refers to something that may end sooner or later. a lasting sorrow/ a ever-lasting friendship.

 perpetual: (strongest one) Lasting for ever or a long time.

 /uninterrupted happening often. It refers chiefly to an activity that is not susceptible to interruption.

 I'm tired of your perpetual complainants/chatters.

 permanent: Lasting for ever.

 The permanent of the treaty is in doubt.

 enduring: Lasting and continuing to exist.

 It implies great resistance to both time and change.

37.旅行

 journey: The most general one.

 it is now usually used of travel by sand and often

 suggests the covering of considerable time or distance,  and a direct going from a starting point to a destination, with no necessary implication of a return.

 travel: A passing from place to place, not necessarily in a direct line or with fixed destination.

 trip: (infm) It suggests the covering of shorter time or distance and a direct journey and implies an final return to the starting point.

 tour: A journey that returns to the starting point, and many places are visited generally over a considerable distance often by means of a circuitous route. for instance for sightseeing, inspection, honey moon,  business.

 excursion: It emphasizes a temporary departure from a given place  and specifies a return to it. It can point to a sea or land tour or to a short outing a short journey made  for pleasure usu by several people together.

 voyage: A long journey on a ship or in a spacecraft.