35.停止

　　stop：The most general one.

　　pause：To stop for a short time.

　　He paused to pick up a stone.

　　cease：To stop moving or acting.

　　It implies a total extinction.

　　They ceased（from）quarrelling.to cease fire.

　　quit：To stop doing something and leave.

　　It implies the meaning of voluntarily and completely.

　　He quitted his school/job.

　　halt：To cause to stop.

　　It refers to the abrupt， decisive termination of movement.

　　It implies the meaning of by authority or force.

　　The soldiers halted for a rest.

　　knock off：（infm）To stop

　　terminate：To come to an end.

　　The two countries terminated their relations.

　　36.持久

　　durable：Long-lasting

　　It refers to the power to resist change， delay and wear.

　　we must make a durable peace.

　　（ever）-lasting：Continuing for a long time/unending.

　　It refers to something that may end sooner or later.a lasting sorrow/ a ever-lasting friendship.

　　perpetual：（strongest one）Lasting for ever or a long time.

　　/uninterrupted happening often.It refers chiefly to an activity that is not susceptible to interruption.

　　I'm tired of your perpetual complainants/chatters.

　　permanent：Lasting for ever.

　　The permanent of the treaty is in doubt.

　　enduring：Lasting and continuing to exist.

　　It implies great resistance to both time and change.

　　37.旅行

　　journey：The most general one.

　　it is now usually used of travel by sand and often

　　suggests the covering of considerable time or distance， and a direct going from a starting point to a destination， with no necessary implication of a return.

　　travel：A passing from place to place， not necessarily in a direct line or with fixed destination.

　　trip：（infm）It suggests the covering of shorter time or distance and a direct journey and implies an final return to the starting point.

　　tour：A journey that returns to the starting point， and many places are visited generally over a considerable distance often by means of a circuitous route.for instance for sightseeing， inspection， honey moon， business.

　　excursion：It emphasizes a temporary departure from a given place and specifies a return to it.It can point to a sea or land tour or to a short outing a short journey made for pleasure usu by several people together.

　　voyage：A long journey on a ship or in a spacecraft.

　　38.抓，握

　　grasp：To take hold of something firmly usu using the whole hand.Grasp all and lose all.

　　He grasped her by the hand.

　　clasp：To hold something firmly and tightly with one's arms or hand round.

　　The child clasped his doll protectively.

　　clutch：To grasp something quickly and greedily.

　　It suggests eagerness or an anxiety in seizing or grasping and may implies less success in holding.

　　The mother clutched her baby in his arms.

　　seize：To take hold of suddenly with force.The animal seized its prey.

　　to seize sb by the hand/to seize something from sb.

　　snatch：To grasp something quickly and suddenly sometimes secretly

　　It suggests more suddenness or quickness but less force than seize.

　　The thief snatched her purse and ran away.

　　grab：（infml）It implies more roughness and rudeness than snatch.She grabbed his arms and pulled him out of the room.

　　grip：To take a very tight hold of something esp.with your fingers or with a tool.

　　He gripped the nail and pulled it out.

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