短文写作的用词是否得当主要应考虑其对文章是否能产生预期的效果,应届毕业生求职网告诫大家通常应注意以下几点:
一、 选用通俗易懂的词
考研词汇表中的词汇均为常用词,如果能把这些常用词较熟练地应用到写作中,文章就非常不错。有的考生别出心裁地使用了一些华丽的词藻,结果让评卷人看了反而觉不伦不类,效果适得其反。常用词通俗易懂,直接明了,不常用的一些所谓高级词则抽象难懂,意思难以捉摸,对于考生来说应尽量避免,例如:
| 常用词 | 非常用词 |
| make | manufacture |
| buy | purchase |
| ask | interrogate |
| finish | accomplish |
| begin | commence |
| end | terminate |
| use | utilize |
| love | affection |
| agree | accord |
| discussion | controversy |
| tell | inform |
| enough | sufficient |
| speed | velocity |
| car | vehicle |
| live | dwell |
| open | unclose |
| put | dispose |
| choice | alternative |
词从语义上可分以具体与抽象两种类别,例如:
| 抽象 | 具体 |
| good |
kind, honest, just, generous warm-hearted, selfless, friendly |
| laugh |
smile, chuckle, snigger. Titter, chuckle, snigger. |
| Scientist | physicist, biologist, chemist. |
| Fish | shark, turbot, salmon, perch, eel. |
| Tree |
shrub, bush, pollard, oak, Beech, plane, pine, willow. |