IELTS Listening Synonyms or Paraphrases 雅思聽力常見同義詞和替換搭配

　　Numbers 數(shù)字

　　Thirty minutes --- half an hour

　　A quarter --- 25%/ 1/4 / 15 minutes/25 cents

　　A quarter of year --- about 3 month

　　Score --- 20

　　A decade --- 10 years

　　About 12 weeks --- about 3 months

　　Fortnight --- 2 weeks/14 days

　　One --- single/unique

　　Two --- couple

　　Dozen – 12

　　Under a week ---- about 5 or 6 days

　　Verbs 動詞

　　Deal with --- handle/cope with/settle

　　Book --- reserve

　　Change --- convert/transform/alter/compromise/adjust to

　　Travel to --- go to

　　Run out of money --- couldn’t afford to/couldn’t meet its needs/lack (shortage) of money

　　Submit --- hand in

　　Hand out --- give out

　　Cost --- price

　　Starting --- embark upon

　　Protected --- saved

　　Must --- worth doing

　　In order to --- aim at

　　Doesn’t work --- out of service/broken done

　　Inform the progress --- get the feedback

　　Disrupt --- interrupt

　　Take out --- arrange

　　Ask for ---- on request

　　Help --- teach

　　Look from --- observe from

　　Damaged by --- burn by

　　Don’t do it --- don’t bother with it

　　Give without any charge --- for free

　　Adjectives/adverbs 形容詞/副詞

　　Most --- majority

　　Cheap --- inexpensive/economical

　　Not essential --- not most important/useful

　　Very/great --- extremely

　　Important --- crucial/vital

　　Unimportant --- insignificant

　　Dangerous --- risky

　　Easy to --- simple to

　　Maximum --- up to

　　Minimum --- start at

　　Cold --- chilled

　　Early on --- right at the beginning

　　Personal --- individual

　　Ideal --- perfect

　　In advance --- ahead of time/ before hand

　　At present --- currently/at the moment/right now

　　In the past --- at the time/ used to do/as usual

　　In the future --- plan to do/intend to do/be going to/be about to/be to do/will

　　At times --- sometimes/once in a while/from time to time

　　Nouns 名詞

　　Approach --- method/way/option

　　Idea --- opinion

　　A percentage of --- a considerable amount of

　　Funds --- money/capital

　　With the assistant of --- with the help of

　　Sign --- indication

　　Partner --- spouse

　　Satisfy --- meet/cater for

　　Other parts --- rest of

　　One part of --- one area of

　　Variety of --- a range of

　　Drawback---weakness/flaw/weak point/shortcoming/negative/limitation/disadvantages

　　Medical reason --- personal illness/sickness

　　Methods --- methodology

　　Conclusion –-- last part

　　Introduction --- first section/first part

　　Drink --- mineral water/juice/coffee

　　Bus routes --- bus system

　　Food --- snack

　　All day --- morning and afternoon