英语听力汇总   |   雅思近义词汇辨析:shrunk与shrunken

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  shrunk, shrunken

  这一对词原来都是动词shrink的过去分词,现在只用shrunk作过去分词,而shrunken则用作形容词,它们都表示“收缩的”、“皱缩的”之意。shrunken是定语形容词,用在名词之前。例:

  My hat has shrunk so much that it no longer fits me.

  这顶帽收缩得很厉害,我戴不了啦。

  My gums have shrunk.

  我的牙龈已经收缩。

  The doctor is examining the shrunken body of a starving child.

  医生正检查小孩饿瘦了的身躯。

  Facing high inflation and heavy taxation, the worker can hardly live on their shrunken wages.

  面对高通涨及重税,工人难以以收缩了的工资为生。

  与之类似区别的词有sunk和sunken。这两个字都是sink的过去分词,表示“沉下”、“下陷”之意,但前者用作动词,而后者则用作定语形容词,放在它所修饰的名词之前。如:

  The ship has sunk quickly in the waves.

  The ship was sunk by a torpedo.

  a sunken basement下陷的地下室

  a sunken ship沉没之船

  sunken eyes (cheeks)凹陷的眼睛(脸颊)