第一篇语言提高篇
本篇目的和使用建议：
目的：如前面“雅思写作考试评分标准”所述，语言能力是雅思写作考试的主要考察目标，本章将从同义词转换、句型多样化、连词的准确使用三个方面帮助考生全面提高语言技巧。
建议：考生以每天定量分期同步学习这三方面的语言技能，不必过分追求速度，务求扎实稳健。如：可定量每天学习5至6组同义词+3个句型+一组连词
第一章万用同义词
同义词在雅思写作中的意义已经在“雅思写作考试评分标准”中有比较详尽的说明。本章的同义词在各类话题的雅思写作中都具备高频需求的特点。局限于某类话题的同义词将在后面各话题词汇拓展中提供。
表示“提高，改善，进步，发展”的动词同义词
动词
名词
注释
例句
advance
advance
advancement
进步或使进步
1.Science has advanced significantly in the past century.
2.The Internet has advanced the way people communicate with each other
improve
improvement
改善，提高
Our lives have been improved a lot.
progress
Progress
进步，提高
Traffic conditions have hardly progressed, although the government has adopted some measurements.
develop
development
开发，发展
1.Energy crisis can be released if alternative energies can be developed.
2.Global economy will better develop if there is more cultural exchange among nations.
upgrade
upgrade
升级
1.The tele-communication system has been upgraded by digital technologies.
2.Nuclear weapons will upgrade social violence all over the world.
promote
promotion
推动，促进
Modern science has promoted our social productivity.
accelerate
acceleration
加速
Overpopulation has accelerated the consumption of natural resources.
                       
表示“获得，取得，实现”的动词同义词
动词
注释
例句
achieve
获得，获取
Success can not be achieved without effort.
obtain
获得
Knowledge can be obtained in many ways.
(obtain, acquire, gain用法基本相同)
acquire
获得
gain
得到
fulfill
实现，完成
Teamwork is required to fulfill the task.
(fulfill和accomplish用法基本相同)
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达到，实现
realize
profit的形容词实现
One of the purposes of taxing is to realize a more balanced wealth allocation.
表示“造成，带来，导致”的动词同义词
动词
注释
例句
bring about
带来
The globalization has brought about extensive cultural exchange.
produce
造成，制造
Advertisements produce more profit for businesses.
create
制造
We should create value for society, not problems.
lead to
导致
Stress leads to health problems.
cause
导致
Drink and drive caused the accident.
result in
导致
Air transport also result in pollution.
give rise to
造成，使。。。更加严重
The increasing number and use of automobiles gives rise to traffic problems.
generate
产生
New ideas need to be generated.
deliver
带来
The media deliver massive information to us.
by-produce
附带制造
While modern technologies have enabled humans to have stronger productivity, they have also by-produced some negative effects.
表示“影响，起作用”的动词同义词
动词
名词
注释
例句
impact on/upon
impact(s)
影响
The rapid changes impact on everybody.
affect
effect
影响
People’s mood is likely to be affected by the weather.
influence
influence
影响
Teachers influence students.
impress on
impression
影响
What is reported by the media often impresses on the public.
infect
infection
感染
We are supposed to infect other social members to be aware of environmental problems with our enthusiasm.
impress on 尤指对人的思想的影响
infect通常用于传染疾病，但也表示用情感或气氛感染他人
influence的形容词influential非常常用，表示“有影响力的”
表示“改变，重新塑造”的动词同义词
动词
名词
注释
例句
change
change
改变
People’s opinions and lifestyles have changed a lot.
alter
alternation
改变
Scientists have altered the world.
transform
transformation
彻底改变
The country has transformed since it was opened to the world.
update
update
更新
Knowledge is now updated on a daily basis.
innovate
innovation
创新
To innovate is to progress.
另有remodel, redesign, reengineer，reform 和restructure等词表示“重塑，改革重新改造”之意的及物动词，多为褒义，表示积极改造了什么。
Some people say Bill Gates has remodeled the US economy.
The road systems in most mega cities require to be restructured to cope with modern transport.
表示“对。。。有利，对。。。有好处”的动词同义词
动词
注释
例句
benefit
对…有好处
The new policies will benefit rural development.
benefit from
从…中受益
It is wise to learn to benefit from previous experience.
be beneficial to
对…有好处
A variety of food is beneficial to health.
favour
对…有利
The contract seems to favour us.
be favourable to/for
对…有利
The past focus of the government was favourable for urban growth.
profit
对…有益处
Superb language abilities firstly profit the survival of new migrants and international student.
profit from
从…中获益
Most societies profit from the cultural globalization.
be preferential for
对...有优惠
Taxation should always be preferential for low-income people.
do good to
对…有好处
The computer and the Internet does good to information delivery.
表示“对。。。不利，对。。。有坏处，破坏”的动词同义词
动词
注释
例句
harm/ do harm to
伤害，破坏
Smoking does harm to health.
Hurt/ damage
伤害，损坏
Tourism might damage the ecology.
destruct /undermine
破坏
The environment has been undermined by industries.
jeopardize
危害
The scandal jeopardizes the president’s reputation.
ruin/destroy
毁坏，毁灭
Drug abuse will ruin a person’s life.
demolish/smash
拆除，粉碎
Shanties have been demolished to make place for new residential buildings.
spoil
搞糟，溺爱
Bad behaviour spoils a person’s image.
Children nowadays are spoiled.
endanger/threat
威胁，危及
Industrial pollution endangers wild lives.
hazard/risk
使。。。糟危险
Smokers also risk the health of non-smokers.
put something in danger
使。。。糟危险
High tech communication is putting our sociability in danger.
expose something to risk
使。。。糟危险
To allow unhealthy information to appear in the media is to expose the young to the risk of misbehaving.
表示“加强, 加重”的动词同义词
动词
注释
例句
enhance
加强, 提高
The capability of pollution treatment has been enhanced as a result of the application of environmentally friendly technologies.
strengthen
加强, 巩固
People’s ability of preventing against infective diseases has been strengthened by means of modern medication.
reinforce
加强, 增援
The government reinforced road safety control.
intensify
加强, 加重
Violence will be intensified by nuclear weapons.
表示“恶化”的动词同义词
动词
注释
例句
deteriorate
（使）恶化
Traffic conditions deteriorated because of accidents.
exacerbate
（使）恶化
Poverty, unemployment and illiteracy exacerbates criminal intention.
worsen
（使）恶化
The bad weather worsened her mood.
表示“减轻，缓解，释放，解决”的动词同义词
动词
注释
例句
lighten
减轻
Measurements are expected to lighten the study burden of children.
ease
减轻，放松
Life is eased by technologies.
weaken
减弱
The abuse of technologies has weakened people’s capabilities.
abate
减轻,  缓解
To abate pollution disposal is more effective than to passively treat the wastes.
release
缓解，释放
People do not have much time to release their stress.
relieve
缓解，释放
Housewives have been relieved from heavy home chores owing to the wide use of electrics.
liberate
解放，释放
Human labours have been liberated by machines.
settle
解决
To settle the problem, measurements must be taken.
solve
解决
(the same as “settle”)
cope with
解决，应对
People have to keep learning to cope with the fast changing world.