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问题: 英语词义辨析

1.take a pride in 与pride oneself on/upon在用法上有何区别?
2.当refer意为“查阅”时,refer to与look into的区别?
3.take advantage of有无褒义意思?如果有,它与seize on/upon有何区别?

解答:

1 take a pride in 是指对别人或与自己有关的人感到满意或自豪。
e.g They take a pride in their daughter,who is now a famous
scientist.
pride oneself on/upon是指对自己某方面的才能或成就感到自豪。
e.g She prided herself on knowing eight languages.
2 refer to=to look at for information 查阅
 look into=investigate 调查
3 take advantage指正常利用(无褒义)
 seize on/upon指某种有目的性的利用
 e.g He would seize upon any excuse for his being late.