perfect 不仅可表示“完整无缺”、“完全”或“纯粹”,而且含有“完美无缺”、“匀称”或“健全”的含义,总之它可以表示“尽善尽美”。由上可见, perfect 可以表示 complete 的含义,而 complete 只能表示 perfect 的一部分含义。 但是, a complete stranger 和 a perfect stranger 没有什么差异,complete happiness 和 perfect happiness 都表示了“美满的幸福”。
But as they soon discovered,disguises can sometimes be too per fect.
正象他们不久就发现的那样,化装效果有时可能太完美无缺了。
It is a perfect alibi.
这完全是在开脱罪责。
It's a perfect stranger here.
我在这里完全是个陌生人。(可以换用 complete)
注:perfect 的同义词有 whole,entire,complete 的同义词有 full,plenary.
complete,close,end,finish,conclude,terminate
These verbs mean to bring or to come to a natural or proper stopping point.
这些动词都是指达到一个自然或适当的终点。
Complete suggests the final stage in bringing an undertaking to fruition:
Complete 暗指取得成功的最后一步:
"Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime" (Reinhold Niebuhr).
“我们这辈子连一件有意义的事也没完成” (莱因霍尔德。尼泊赫)。
Close applies to the ending of something ongoing or continuing:
Close 指正在进行的事件接近终点:
The orchestra closed the concert with an encore.
交响乐团在再来一次的欢呼声中结束了音乐会。
If there is a further falloff in ticket sales,the play will close.
如果门票销售进一步下跌,这个剧目就会停演。
End emphasizes finality:
End 强调结果:
We ended the meal with fruit and cheese.
我们最后吃的是水果和奶酪。
"Where laws end, tyranny begins" (William Pitt).
“哪里没有法制,暴政就从哪里开始” (威廉姆。皮特)。
Finish is sometimes interchangeable with complete:
Finish 有时可与complete互换.