英语专业四级考试常见词辨析：物质"收缩"
<p> <span word="condense">condense</span>, <span word="compress">compress</span>, <span word="contract">contract</span>, <span word="shrink">shrink</span></p><p> 这些动词均含收缩，压缩之意。</p><p> <span word="condense">condense</span> : 指将东西压缩得更紧密、紧凑，但不失去原有的内容。</p><p> <span word="Soup">Soup</span> <span word="condenses">condenses</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="boiled">boiled</span>.(汤煮过后就浓了。)</p><p> <span word="compress">compress</span> : 指把乱而不成形的东西压成一定形状。</p><p> <span word="An">An</span> <span word="instrument">instrument</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="torture">torture</span> <span word="formerly">formerly</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compress">compress</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="thumb">thumb</span>. (拇指夹过去使用的一种用于压迫拇指的刑具)</p><p> <span word="contract">contract</span> : 主要指以内、外部力量进行紧缩，也可用作引申。</p><p> <span word="Metal">Metal</span> <span word="contracts">contracts</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="becomes">becomes</span> <span word="cool">cool</span>.(金属冷却时体积缩小。)</p><p> <span word="shrink">shrink</span> : 侧重指因收缩而达不到原有的长度、体积或容积。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="hasshrunk">hasshrunk</span>.(这所学校的学生人数)在减少。</p><p> </p>
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