51. childish, childlike

　　childish幼稚的。如：It was very childish of him to lose his temper over something so unimportant.

　　childlike孩子般天真的。如：When she won the gold medal, there was childlike smile on her face.

　　52. choose, pick, select, elect

　　choose是一常用詞，表一般的“選擇”。

　　pick通常用于不需要認(rèn)真權(quán)衡，對(duì)比就能做出決定。

　　select側(cè)重“在同類的許多東西中，進(jìn)行有斟酌的精選”。

　　elect指選舉或用其他方法推選人。

　　53. cloth, clothing

　　cloth布。如：I need three yards of cloth to make a suit.

　　clothing衣服(總稱)。如：You’d better give all the old clothing away.

　　54. complex, complicated

　　均可表“復(fù)雜”。

　　complex為常用詞。

　　complicated為正式用詞，表由于組成部分太多，相互關(guān)系太復(fù)雜而不能理解，語(yǔ)氣很強(qiáng)。

　　55. compose, consist, constitute

　　compose為常用詞，常用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，如用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，主語(yǔ)應(yīng)用復(fù)數(shù)形式。如：Twelve men compose a jury.(十二人組成陪審團(tuán)。)

　　consist表一個(gè)整體由幾個(gè)部分組成(只能用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài))。如：The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Island.(聯(lián)合王國(guó)是由大不列顛及北愛爾蘭組　　成。)

　　constitute為正式用詞，與consist相反，表由哪些部分構(gòu)成整體。如：Twelve months constitute a year.(一年有十二個(gè)月。)

　　56. considerable, considerate

　　considerable相當(dāng)多的，可觀的。如：He met a considerable amount of trouble.(他遇到了許多麻煩。)

　　considerate 考慮周到的，體諒的。如：It was considerate of you not to trouble us.(你真體貼人，不打擾我們。)

　　57. consistent, constant, continual, continuous

　　consistent一致的，符合的。如：His action is always consistent with his words.

　　constant不斷的，表示持續(xù)和慣常的重現(xiàn)，往往沒有變化。如：He attributes his health to his constant exercise.

　　continual頻頻的，不停的，時(shí)斷時(shí)續(xù)，中間可有間歇。如：Continual smoking is bad for health.

　　continuous不斷延伸的，連續(xù)不斷的，強(qiáng)調(diào)中間無間斷。如：Everything in the universe undergoes continuous development and change.

　　58. crack, crash

　　crack(使)破裂，砸開。如：I can crack it, but I can’t break it. (我能把它弄裂，但不能把它弄破。)

　　crash摔壞，墜毀。如：The plane crashed shortly after the take-off.(飛機(jī)起飛不久就墜毀了。)

　　59. crawl, creep

　　crawl多指蛇，蟲類等身體沿地面或其他表面的動(dòng)作。如：There is an insect crawling up your back. (有一蟲子正在你的背上往上爬。)

　　creep多指哺乳動(dòng)物或人等用四肢爬行的動(dòng)物偷偷摸摸無聲緩慢的前行動(dòng)作。如：They arrived late and crept into the classroom.(我們遲到了，便悄悄地溜進(jìn)教室。)

　　60. cure, treat

　　cure治愈，醫(yī)治。如：The medicine will cure of your disease.(這藥能治好你的病。)

　　cure表示治好，treat只表示“給……治病”。