18.强盗

 thief: The most general one.

 (强盗) robber: It suggests a direct confrontation in which the owner is forced to give up his valuables.

 (行凶强劫) mugger: A person who attacks and robs people in a street or in a lift.

 burglar: A person who breaks into a house at night to steal something.

 (歹徒 暴徒) gangster: A member of a group of criminals, esp. those who are

 armed and use guns to threaten.

 (匪徒) bandit: an armed robber.

 It suggests an organized group in a rural setting.

 (土匪) brigand: A robber who lives by robbing travelers in the country.

 (海盗) pirate: A person who robs on the sea. 

19.摇动,颤动

 shake: The most general one. to move up and down or back and forth.

 It refers to persons or things.

 (发抖) quiver: To tremble a little.

 It suggests a rapid but invisible vibration.

 His lips quivered with emotion.

 (颤抖) tremble: To shake uncontrollably and slightly as from fear,  cold, excitement etc.

 It implies uneasiness and nervousness.

 Her voice trembled as she began to sing.

 (瞬间发抖) shiver: To tremble from fear or cold.

 It suggests a slight and rapid movement.

 He stood shivering in the snow.

 (极度颤动) quake: to shake or tremble violently.

 It suggests a more violent and sudden change.

 He quaked with excitement.

 An explosion cam make the ground quake.

 (抽筋般颤动) shudder: To shake uncontrollably for a movement.

 It suggests a more intense shaking.

 She shuddered at the sight of a snake.

20.说话 谈话

 (说话)

 speak: To use your voice to say words.

 (说) say: To speak words.

 (发出声音) utter: To make sound and say words.

  drawl: To speak in a slow, prolonged manner.

 mutter: To express displeasure with compressed lips.

 rave: To talk in an angry, uncontrolled way.

 gabble: To talk rapidly, making inarticulate sounds.

 (谈论) remark: To mention it or comment on it.

 (陈述) state: To say, express or put into words, esp. formally.

He stated his view.

 (讲述) narrate: To tell formally in writing or speech or describe

 something in order with intonation.

 He narrated his adventure in the forest.

 (详述) relate: To tell formally in details, to give an account of.

 He related his experiences.

 (讲演) address: To say in speech or writing to a person or group.

 tell: To let people know about something.

 talk: To say things to someone.

 converse: To talk formally.

 The scholars are conversing with each other on

 linguistics.

 chat: To talk in a friendly, familiar, informal manner.

 The two friends sat in a corner and chatted.

 chatter: To talk continuously rapidly about small things.

 The schoolgirls went along chattering.

 whisper: To talk in a low voice.

 She whispered me not to talk so loudly.

 murmur: To make a soft sound, esp. to speak or say in a quiet voice.

 He often murmurs to himself.

 (闲谈) gossip: To talk about the details of other people's actions

 and private lives which may not correct or proper.

 That woman is very fond of gossiping about others.

 stammer: To speak with pauses and repeated sounds because of excitement, embarrassment.

 stutter: To speak with pauses and repeated sounds because of

 inherent speech defect.

21.事情,事件

 (事) thing: An event, a fact, a subject.

 He talked of many interesting things.

 (事情) matter: Seth that you have to deal with, something to be discussed, thought over.

 There are several matters to be dealt with at the meeting.

 (事务 责任) business: A special duty, something that has to be done.

 Public business is every one's business.

 (事务) affair: An event or set of connected events. (pl) private and personal life.

 I have many affairs to look after.

 (事件) event: An important happening. Events such as birthdays and anniversaries are often celebrated.

 Do you know the chief events of 1986.

 incident: Not as important as an event. Incidents seldom are celebrated. Sometimes an event becomes an incident after many years have passed.

 (偶然事件) happening: An occurrence, and sometimes an unusual one.

 There have been strange happenings here lately.

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