不管是英文还是汉语，更常用的基础用词都是翻来覆去的那些。汉语里修饰形容用的千篇一律会被嘲笑词汇贫乏，英语考试中自然会有一样的通病。当你和众人一样翻来覆去只会使用那么几个基础词汇的时候，学位英语考试阅卷老师也会因为用词的大同小异而感到审美疲劳，这种时候还如何脱颖而出得高分呢？所以，抛弃那些千篇一律的用法，尝试用这些新词汇来替代吧！

反对(object)

argue against

Three considerations argue against increasing fee.

三种理由反对增加费用。

be opposed to

Mr Clarke has shown himself to be resolutely opposed to compromise.

克拉克先生已表示自己坚决反对妥协。

frown on

He would frown on such aproposal。

他不会赞成这样的建议。

支持(support)

advocate

We advocate solving international dispute by negotiation, instead of appealing to arms.

我们主张通过协商解决国际争端，而不主张诉诸武力。

argue for

Do directors see new risks that argue for a different approach?

董事们有没有看到可能支持不同做法的新风险？

in favour of

The majority voted in favor of the proposal。

多数人投票赞成这项提案。

许多(many)

numerous

Numerous factories have sprung up in this once desolate area.

过去这一带满目苍凉，现在却有了无数的工厂。

a host of

The special theory of relativity has raised a host of questions.

狭义相对论引出了许多问题。

a multitude of

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

夜空中的繁星震撼了我。

不同的(different)

various

These data have been collected from various sources.

这些数据是从各方面搜集来的。

a variety of

A variety of heavy industries grew up alongside the port.

各种重工业沿着港口逐渐发展起来。

diverse

People hold diverse attitudes toward these new regulations.

人们对于这些新规定抱有不同的态度。

普遍的(common)

commonplace

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

然而即便在更普通的场合我也琢摸不透你的心思。

universal

Such problems are a universal feature of senior citizens。

这类问题是老年人的通病。

pervasive

It is the most pervasive compound on earth.

它是地球上更普遍的化合物。

唯一的(only)

solely

Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.

成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。

unique

The examples are unique to this dictionary.

这些例证是这部词典独有的。

merely

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

你只是在背诵自己死记硬背下来的东西。

许多(many)

numerous

Scientific development meant the growth of numerous professions ancillary to medicine.

科技发展意味着许多医学衍生职业的增长。

a host of

The new e-books will include a host of Rough Guide titles.

新电子书将包括大量的简明指南。

a multitude of

There are a multitude of small quiet roads to cycle along.

有很多可以骑车的宁静小路。

不同的(different)

various

They've been living and working peacefully with members of various ethnic groups.

他们和不同民族的人们一起和睦地生活和工作。

a variety of

West Hampstead has a variety of good shops and supermarkets.

西汉普斯特德有各种各样不错的店铺和超级市场。

diverse

people from diverse cultures

不同文化背景的人。

普遍的(common)

commonplace

Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.

辛普森的那些被大肆称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上都不足为奇。

universal

He was probably right to intuit that it was universal.

他凭直觉认为它具有普遍性，也许他是正确的。

pervasive

It is knowledge directed to the fundamental and pervasive concerns of existence.

它要回答的是人类生存的根本、普遍的问题。