大學英語詞語知識與綜合實踐 節選

　　《大學英語詞語知識與綜合實踐》：　　convince使信服、使確信、指用議論、事實、證據等令對方信服，　　以理服人　　persuade勸說、說服，指偏重于從情感上打動別人，以情動人　　He makes an attempt to convince me of his innocence.　　His words convinced me that he was innocent.　　I persuaded him to accept mu offer.　　rent租用，出租，用于較長時間的場合　　hire租用，出租，用于較短時間的場合　　let出租，僅指出租房子、房間等　　We rent a room from Mr.Smith.　　Weren't （let） the upstairs room to aforeign student.　　We hired the house for the summer after having some difficulty in persuading　　the owner to let us.　　occur發生，指無計劃的偶然發生　　happen發生，主語為非具體事情名詞時可和occur通用　　take place發生，指經過事先安排的發生，因而又有舉行、進行之意　　The accident occurred／ happened last night.　　When and where will the meeting take place？　　I don't know what happened after I left.　　This is possible in theory， but actually， never seemed to occur.　　owe欠，引申為應歸功于　　attribute歸因于，認為……是來自….　　We attributed his success to good luck.　　We owe our success to the leadership of the Party.　　prolong延長，人為地、有意識地延長時間　　lengthen延長、自然地、無意識地延長時間，也可指空間延長。　　……