写作常用词语高级替换系列二---中性形容词

许多 （many ['men?]）

numerous ['nju?m(?)r?s]

【例句】 Numerous factories have sprung up in this once desolate area.

【翻译】过去这一带满目苍凉， 现在却有了无数的工厂。

a host of [h??st]

【例句】The special theory of relativity has raised a host of questions.

【翻译】狭义相对论引出了许多问题。

amultitudeof ['m?lt?tju?d]

【例句】I was awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky.

【翻译】夜空中的繁星震撼了我。

不同的（different['d?f(?)r(?)nt]）

various ['ve?r??s]

【例句】These data havebeen collected from various sources.

【翻译】这些数据是从各方面搜集来的。

a variety of [v?'ra??t?]

【例句】A variety of heavy industries grew up alongside the port.

【翻译】各种重工业沿着港口逐渐发展起来。

diverse [da?'v??s]

【例句】People hold diverse attitudes toward these new regulations.

【翻译】人们对于这些新规定抱有不同的态度。

普遍的（common ['k?m?n]）

commonplace ['k?m?nple?s]

【例句】Yet on the most commonplace occasion I can never know your thoughts.

【翻译】然而即便在最普通的场合我也琢摸不透你的心思。

universal [ju?n?'v??s(?)l]

【例句】Such problems are a universal feature of senior citizens.

【翻译】这类问题是老年人的通病。

pervasive [p?'ve?s?v]

【例句】It is the most pervasive compound on earth.

【翻译】它是地球上最普遍的化合物.

唯一的 （only ['??nl?]）

solely ['s??ll?]

【例句】Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.

【翻译】成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量.

unique [ju?'ni?k]

【例句】The examples are unique to this dictionary.

【翻译】这些例证是这部词典独有的。

merely ['m??l?]

【例句】You are merely reciting facts that you have learned by rote.

【翻译】你只是在背诵自己死记硬背下来的东西。

贫穷的（poor [p??]）

needy ['ni?d?]

【例句】Needy and handicapped people depend on government relief for theirsupport.

【翻译】穷人和残疾人依靠政府的救济维持生计。

impoverished [?m'p?v?r??t]

【例句】The rural people have been impoverished by a collapsing economy.

【翻译】经济崩溃使农村地区的人们一贫如洗。

in poverty ['p?v?t?]

【例句】He was bred up in poverty.

【翻译】他是在贫苦的生活环境中长大的。

富裕的（rich [r?t?]）

wealthy ['welθ?]

【例句】All of them came from wealthy, upper class families.

【翻译】他们全部来自富有的上流社会家庭。

well-heeled['wel'hi:ld]

【例句】Both families are reasonably well-heeled and comfortably-off.

【翻译】两家人都相当富有,都生活得很舒适。

well-to-do

【例句】She comes from a well-to-do family.

【翻译】她出身于一个小康之家。

大的 （big[b?g]）

vast [vɑ?st]

【例句】The pollution has already turned vast areas into a wasteland.

【翻译】污染已经使大片地区沦为不毛之地。

massive ['m?s?v]

【例句】We needed to reskill our workforce to cope with massivetechnological change.

【翻译】我们得让工人学习新技能，以应对巨大的技术变革。

enormous [?'n??m?s]

【例句】The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility ofthe idea.

【翻译】巨大的困难让他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度.

新的 (new [nju?])

brand new [br?nd]

【例句】Net Electronic Map has become a brand-new way for showing thegeographic information.

【翻译】网上电子地图已成为一种全新的地理信息展示方式.

fresh [fre?]

【例句】The company seemed set to make a fresh start under a new broom.

【翻译】公司似乎准备在新任领导的带领下开创新局面。

novel ['n?v(?)l]

【例句】Protesters found a novel way of demonstrating against steeply risingoil prices.

【翻译】抗议者找到了抗议油价飞涨的新办法。