26.增加

　　increase: To make or become larger in amount or number.

　　it refers to quantity or intensity as well as size.

　　The population of this county has increased.

　　add: To put together with something else so as to increase the

　　number size, importance.

　　He added some wood to increase the fire.

　　(擴大) enlarge: To grown larger or wider.

　　I want to enlarge this photograph/house.

　　(放大) magnify: To make something appear larger than in reality, esp. by means of a lens.

　　You have magnified the peril.

　　(擴充) amplify: To make large or fuller, esp. give fuller information, more details etc.

　　to amplify a radio signal/sound.

　　augment: (fml) To become larger or greater.

　　It emphasizes the action of addition.

　　He augmented his income by writing some short stories.

　　(擴展 擴張) expand: To increase in range scope or volume as well as in size. Iron expands when it is heated.

　　(加長) extend: To make longer in space or time, to extend a railway.

　　Can"t you extend your visit for a few days.

　　27.笑

　　(微笑)

　　smile: The corners of your mouth move outwards and slightly upwards.

　　He smiles his consent./with satisfaction.

　　(大笑) laugh: To make a noise to show one"s amusement and

　　happiness. You can laugh at a joke or at an amusing sight. You can laugh at someone without being amused.

　　They all laughed loudly.

　　(露齒而笑) grin: To smile with the teeth.

　　The boy grinned from ear to ear when I gave him a

　　sweet.

　　(暗笑 含笑) chuckle: To laugh quietly.

　　I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read

　　that funny article.

　　(咯咯笑) giggle: To laugh repeatedly foolishly and uncontrollably, esp. by girls.

　　I heard them giggle when I passed by the girls.

　　(竊笑 暗笑) snicker: To laugh in a disrespectful more or less secret way.

　　On hearing his absurd opinion, I went snickering.

　　(假笑 癡笑) simper: To smile in a silly unnatural way.

　　When I told him the thing, he simply simpered.

　　(得意的笑) smirk: To smile in a false or too satisfied way.

　　He smirked at everyone that passed.

　　(竊笑) titter: To laugh very quietly from nervousness or badly

　　controlled amusement.

　　The girls tittered when they heard this.

　　(狂笑) guffaw: To laugh loudly and rudely.

　　All the people guffawed at his silly words.

　　(哄笑) roar: To laugh long and loudly.

　　They roared after they heard the joke.

　　(歡笑) chortle: To give a laugh of pleasure or satisfaction.

　　He chortled with delight when I told him the news.

　　(笑罵) taunt: To try to make sb angry, or upset by making unkind

　　remarks, laughing at faults or failures.

　　They taunted her with her inability to swim.

　　(嘲笑 嘲弄) ridicule: To laugh unkindly at or to make unkind fun of.

　　They all ridiculed the idea.

　　(譏笑) deride: To laugh at or make fun of as of no value. /to mock

　　at someone with contempt They all derided his foolishness.

　　(嘲弄) mock: To laugh at sb(sth) when it is wrong to do so, esp.

　　by copying in a funny or contemptuous way.

　　The students mocked the seriousness of his expression.

　　twit: (infl) To make fun of sb because of behavior, a mistake, a fault, etc.

　　He twitted her with her timidity.

　　(嘲笑 輕蔑地笑) scoff: To laugh at, to speak or act disrespectfully. /To

　　speak in scornful mocking way.

　　It was a great invention but at first many people scoffed at it.

　　(戲弄)

　　chaff: (infl) To make fun of sb in a good-humored way.

　　He chaffed the man about his mistakes in speaking English.

　　(譏笑) jeer: To laugh rudely at /to insult sb in a loud, unpleasant way.

　　They always jeer at the priests.

　　gibe(jibe): To laugh at with the intention of hurting the feeling with sarcastic remarks.

　　Don"t gibe at her behavior until you know the reason for it.

　　(譏笑 冷笑) sneer: To express proud dislike by a kind of usu, one- side

　　smile or to show scorn or contempt by looks.

　　She sneered at the furniture in his neighbor"s home.

　　joke: To make fun of.

　　You mustn"t joke with him about religion.

　　(取笑) jest: To act or speak playful, not seriously.

　　Don"t jest about serious things.

　　(戲弄) banter: To speak, or act playfully or jokingly.

　　We bantered him on the subject of marriage.

　　(輕視) scorn: To look down upon.