2015考研英语:同义词之"繁荣兴旺"

考研时间渐渐逼近，各位考生是否忙于复习而悄悄忘记了记单词呢，单词这个小伙伴儿可是不能丢掉的，他是英语殿堂的根基所在，所以再忙别忘了记单词！随着考生复习的深入，词汇量的掌握越来越多，有时候同义词会有好几个出现。下面就带大家一起学习“繁荣兴旺”的相关同义词。

一、同义词大区别

1.flourish 指植物生长的茂盛。

2.thrive指生物（包括动物和植物）的繁殖兴盛。

3.boom指迅速地出现、蓬勃的发展，或是迅速增长的局面。也可以表示出现某种“热潮”。

4.prosper指事业、经济等事物的繁荣昌盛，可以指持续或长久的兴旺。thrive和flourish也可以用于比喻某事物的繁荣。

二、词汇的真题再现

1.prosper

Humanity has the necessary agro-technological tools to eradicate hunger , from genetically engineered crops to artificial fertilizers . Here , too, the problems are social: the organization and distribution of food, wealth and prosperity.

翻译：人类拥有必要的农业技术工具来消除饥饿，从转基因作物到人工肥料。而且这些问题也是社会问题：粮食、财富和繁荣的组织和分配。【2013考研真题】

2.boom

The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the male-dominated job market have limited the opportunities of teenagers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Japan's rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs.

翻译：战后婴儿出生高峰期的到来及妇女进入男性主宰的就业市场，限制了青少年的发展机遇，这些青少年已经开始质疑在进好学校，找好工作，攀登日本等级森严的社会阶梯的过程中所做出的沉重的个人牺牲是否值得。【2012考研真题】

3.flourish

It's a theory to which many economists subscribe, but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining which companies will flourish and which will fail.【2003考研真题】

翻译：这种理论得到了多数经济学家的认同，但在实际操作中，它使铁路公司获得了一个决定谁败谁衰的权利。

4.thrive

Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.

翻译：在过去的一个世纪里，各种各样的不公平和歧视遭到了谴责或定为非法。但是有一种隐蔽的形式还在蔓延：按字母表顺序排名。对于尚未意识到其危害的人来说，它指的是对那些姓氏起始字母位于字母表后半部的人的歧视。【2004考研真题】

通过今天的学习，各位考生是不是对“繁荣兴旺”的几个同义词有了更深一步的了解呢，的确flourish、thrive、boom、prosper这四个词汇在考研英语的真题中都有涉及，希望各位考生在复习过程中能够勤于总结这类词汇。预祝2015考生金榜题名！